The court's Sandoval ruling, limiting inquiry to two of defendant's four drug-related convictions and his use of aliases on those occasions, was an appropriate exercise of discretion since these convictions, although similar to the charged crimes, demonstrated defendant's willingness to place his own interest above that of society and bore directly on his credibility (see, People v Walker,
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