PEOPLE v. McCOY


45 A.D.3d 395 (2007)

845 N.Y.S.2d 308

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEMP McCOY, Appellant.

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

Decided November 15, 2007.


The court's Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (see People v Hayes, 97 N.Y.2d 203 [2002]). The underlying facts of defendant's prior convictions were relevant to his credibility since they tended to show that he placed his own interests above those of society. Moreover, the court carefully limited these inquiries by precluding reference to particularly inflammatory facts...

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