Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial by the court's Sandoval ruling which permitted questioning about two prior robbery convictions at the defendant's trial for robbery. There is no automatic bar to questioning a defendant about a prior conviction simply because it is similar to the crime charged. Crimes such as robbery are highly probative as to the defendant's willingness to place his self-interest...
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