Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Rockland County, for resentencing.
While it was error for the prosecutor to question the defendant, in a manner contrary to the Sandoval ruling, regarding the facts underlying a prior conviction, this error was harmless in view of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt (
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