PEOPLE v. KELLAND


208 A.D.2d 954 (1994)

618 N.Y.S.2d 96

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie J. Kelland, Appellant

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

October 31, 1994


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court's Sandoval ruling effectively prevented him from presenting a defense. We disagree. The trial court's Sandoval ruling, which permitted the prosecutor to cross-examine the defendant for impeachment purposes concerning the underlying facts of certain prior convictions of theft-related crimes in the event the defendant testified at trial, was not an improvident exercise of...

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