PEOPLE v. POLEDORE

Ind. No. 4675/15. Appeal No. 14195. Case No. 2019-4479.

197 A.D.3d 1048 (2021)

151 N.Y.S.3d 870

2021 NY Slip Op 05092

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Born Poledore, Appellant.

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

Decided September 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Rachel L. Pecker of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Amanda Katherine Regan of counsel), for respondent.

Concur— Webber, J.P., Mazzarelli, González, Scarpulla, Pitt, JJ.


The court providently exercised its discretion when, during his direct testimony, defendant offered various exculpatory and inconsistent explanations for his entries into the victims' apartments, it permitted the People to cross-examine defendant about his prior burglary convictions and a false exculpatory statement he had made to the police in connection with one of the prior burglaries. While the court's prior Molineux ruling precluded the use of this evidence either...

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