PEOPLE v. DAVIS


173 A.D.2d 634 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Earl Davis, Appellant

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

May 20, 1991


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention to the contrary notwithstanding, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when ruling that the prosecutor could cross-examine the defendant about the facts underlying his prior convictions for theft-related offenses rather than restricting inquiry to the mere fact of their existence. Those convictions, which were dissimilar to the crimes for which the defendant was then being...

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