Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
In ruling that, at trial, the prosecution would be permitted "limited" cross-examination of the defendant regarding two of his prior burglary convictions, the Supreme Court in this instance struck an appropriate balance "between the probative worth of evidence of prior specific criminal, vicious or immoral acts on the issue of the defendant's credibility on the one hand, and on the other the risk of unfair prejudice to the defendant...
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