Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly exercised its discretion in ruling that, should the defendant choose to testify, the People would be permitted to question him as to several of his prior convictions, including those for attempted robbery and arson. The fact that the defendant's conviction for attempted robbery was over 11 years old, by itself, did not mandate preclusion of cross-examination with regard to that conviction (see...
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