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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

260 A.D.2d 404 (1999)

686 N.Y.S.2d 318

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DERRICK LEWIS, Appellant.

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

Decided April 5, 1999.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the trial court failed to balance the probative value and prejudicial effect of allowing inquiry, if the defendant were to testify, into three of his prior convictions is without merit. The trial court properly exercised its discretion when it ruled that such information could be used on cross-examination (see, People v Walker, 83 N.Y.2d 455, 459; People...

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