PEOPLE v. RODRIGUEZ


51 A.D.3d 950 (2008)

860 N.Y.S.2d 541

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

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

Decided May 20, 2008.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the Supreme Court's Sandoval ruling (see People v Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371 [1974]) deprived him of a fair trial is without merit. The court properly weighed the probative value of the defendant's prior offenses on the issue of his credibility against the possible prejudice to him, and reached an appropriate compromise ruling (see People v Fotiou...

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