PEOPLE v. FANA


142 A.D.2d 684 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Roberto Fana, Appellant

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

July 18, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant asserts that the trial court improperly allowed the People to question him about the prior burglaries to which he pleaded guilty. We disagree. The extent to which the People may use the defendant's prior crimes to impeach his credibility is largely within the discretion of the trial court. A review of the record clearly indicates that the court did not improvidently exercise...

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