PEOPLE v. PURNELL


294 A.D.2d 128 (2002)

740 N.Y.S.2d 877

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ERVAN PURNELL, Appellant.

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

Decided May 7, 2002.


The court's Sandoval ruling, permitting the prosecutor to impeach defendant's credibility with his five felony convictions, without identifying the crimes or eliciting any other information about these convictions except their dates, balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (see, People v Walker, 83 N.Y.2d 455, 458-459).

Defendant's claim that the court's alleged interjections into the...

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