Defendant was charged with two counts of robbery in the first degree stemming from two separate, knifepoint robberies on January 22, 1993, committed in Central Park. In a pre-trial Sandoval hearing, the People sought permission to elicit that defendant had twice been convicted for robberies committed in the same area of the park. Supreme Court ruled that the People could establish only that defendant had two robbery convictions, "without the underlying facts of either...
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