The court's Sandoval ruling, permitting inquiry into one prior conviction, the nature of the crime, as well as some of the underlying facts, was a proper exercise of discretion that struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of defendant's criminal background and the risk of unfair prejudice (see People v Hayes,
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