The prosecutor's cross-examination of defendant concerning his criminal record did not circumvent the court's Sandoval ruling or deprive defendant of a fair trial, and the court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's mistrial motion made on these grounds. The prosecutor never actually elicited anything that was precluded by the ruling, and to the extent that the phrasing of some of the prosecutor's questions may have been improper, the court prevented...
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