PEOPLE v. COLON


150 A.D.2d 476 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Albert Colon, Appellant

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

May 8, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find that the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in ruling that the prosecutor could inquire as to the defendant's convictions in 1980 and 1984 for burglary in the third degree. Such convictions and the underlying facts thereof were particularly relevant in assessing the defendant's credibility as a witness and his willingness to place his self-interest above...

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