The court's Sandoval ruling, permitting limited questioning in connection with defendant's possession of a weapon fashioned from a razor blade while incarcerated was an appropriate exercise of discretion, balancing the probative value of the evidence against the risk of prejudice, and any similarities between the crimes charged and the prison infraction did not compel preclusion (see, People v Mattiace,
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