Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On appeal, the defendant first contends that the trial court's Sandoval ruling, permitting the prosecutor to ask the defendant whether he was convicted of a felony in 1955, a misdemeanor in 1969 and a felony in 1974, without going into the underlying facts, deprived him of the opportunity to testify, and of his right to a fair trial.
It is well settled that the extent to which the prosecution should be allowed...
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