PEOPLE v. CRUZ


21 A.D.3d 967 (2005)

801 N.Y.S.2d 65

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE CRUZ, Appellant.

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

September 12, 2005.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court's Sandoval ruling (see People v. Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371, 374-375 [1974]) was a provident exercise of its discretion. The court struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of allowing inquiry about certain of the defendant's prior convictions and his use of aliases against the potential prejudice to him (...

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