Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. The trial court properly ruled that if the defendant testified that the victim's injuries were accidental, the People would have been permitted to cross-examine him regarding his prior conviction of attempted rape in the first degree of the victim.
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