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PEOPLE v. McGAW

181 A.D.2d 530 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lee McGaw, Appellant

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

March 17, 1992

We find that the court's ruling that the People could ask defendant only whether he had ever been convicted of a felony, without eliciting the facts underlying the prior conviction or the nature of the crime, was a sound exercise of discretion that balanced the various considerations to be taken into account under People v Sandoval (34 N.Y.2d 371). We note, moreover, that it was defendant himself, on direct examination, who testified...

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