Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when it ruled that the People could question the defendant concerning a prior conviction for grand larceny in the event that he testified. Questioning regarding other crimes is not automatically precluded merely because the other crimes are similar to the crimes charged (see, People v Pavao,
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