Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court's Sandoval ruling did not constitute an improper exercise of the court's discretion. Evidence of a defendant's prior conviction for a crime such as robbery is highly probative on the issue of his credibility, as it bears upon his willingness to place his own interests above those of society (see, People v Bennette,
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