PEOPLE v. MELENDEZ

3090, 1020/07.

74 A.D.3d 629 (2010)

903 N.Y.S.2d 384

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRISTIAN MELENDEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided June 22, 2010.


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 court properly permitted the People to cross-examine defendant about uncharged robberies, since they showed defendant's willingness to place his interests above those of society, and their probative value on the issue of defendant...

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