PEOPLE v. RIVERA


247 A.D.2d 290 (1998)

668 N.Y.S.2d 456

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edgar Rivera, Appellant

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

February 19, 1998


The trial court properly exercised its discretion in rendering its Sandoval ruling (People v Post, 235 A.D.2d 299, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 862). The inference is clear that the court weighed the probative value of defendant's criminal record against the potential for undue prejudice (see, People v Walker, 83 N.Y.2d 455, 459).

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