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PEOPLE v. JONES

265 A.D.2d 576 (1999)

696 N.Y.S.2d 887

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LEVAINE JONES, Appellant.

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

Decided October 25, 1999.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in its Sandoval ruling (see, People v Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371), which permitted the prosecutor to impeach him with underlying facts of two prior robbery convictions. We disagree. "Convictions involving theft, such as robbery, are highly relevant to the issue of credibility because they demonstrate the defendant's willingness...

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