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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

12 N.Y.3d 726 (2009)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RILEY WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York City, and Jonathan Garvin for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Maria Park and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent.

Acting Chief Judge CIPARICK and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We have repeatedly held that the extent to which the prosecution may use prior convictions to impeach a defendant's testimony "is `largely, if not completely' a discretionary determination for the trial courts and fact-reviewing intermediate appellate courts, and that generally no further review by this Court is warranted" (People v Mattiace,

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