Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contentions, the Supreme Court permissibly exercised its discretion in ruling upon his Sandoval application. The record reveals that the court permitted only limited cross-examination into the underlying facts of a youthful offender adjudication involving a robbery and a petit larceny conviction, both of which were directly probative of the defendant's honesty and trustworthiness (see
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