Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Prior to the commencement of the trial the court held a Sandoval hearing and ruled, inter alia, that if the defendant testified in his own defense, the prosecutor could not inquire into several of the defendant's previous convictions. However, since the defendant testified to facts that were in conflict with the precluded testimony, he opened the door on the issue of whether he had been "in trouble" within the previous...
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