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PEOPLE v. MURRAY

122 A.D.2d 81 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richard Murray, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

July 7, 1986

Judgment affirmed.

The trial court, in its Sandoval ruling, properly permitted the prosecutor to impeach the defendant's credibility with a prior conviction for homicide. The underlying facts of the prior conviction indicate that it was an act of calculated violence, evincing the defendant's willingness to place his own self-interest ahead of the interests of society (see, People v Zada,

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