PEOPLE v. JOHNSTON


186 A.D.2d 822 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry T. Johnston, Also Known as Henry T. Johnson, Appellant

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

October 26, 1992


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is well settled that the extent to which the prosecution is to be permitted to impeach a defendant's credibility with prior criminal conduct is a decision best left to the sound discretion of the trial court (see, People v Bennette, 56 N.Y.2d 142, 146; People v DeMaio, 154 A.D.2d 386). The court's Sandoval ruling (People...

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