Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in ruling that, should he choose to testify, the prosecutor would be permitted to crossexamine him with respect to five of six prior felony convictions. The record reflects that the court precluded the People from eliciting either the crime charged, the underlying facts, or the sentence imposed. In doing so, the court properly...
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