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Title: People v. Charles Bearthea
Author : Supreme Court of New York
Release Date : January 11, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 64 KB

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DECISION & ORDER Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court's Sandoval ruling which denied his motion
to preclude the prosecutor from cross-examining him, in the event he testified, as to his convictions and the underlying facts
with respect to four to his eight prior involvements with law enforcement officials, was not an improvident exercise of its
discretion (see, People v Branch, 155 A.D.2d 475; People v Murray, 144 A.D.2d 498; People v Ortiz, 143 A.D.2d 107). We find similarly unpersuasive the defendant's contention that he was effectively foreclosed from testifying based upon the
Supreme Court's Sandoval ruling. The record reveals that the Supreme Court made its determination after hearing argument presented
by both sides as to the factors to be considered (see, People v Williams, 56 N.Y.2d 236; People v Byrd, 128 A.D.2d 796; People
v Wendel, 123 A.D.2d 410), and there was no improvident exercise of discretion here (see, People v Bennette, 56 N.Y.2d 142,
147).