People v. Clark

265 A.D.2d 164, 696 N.Y.S.2d 409, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9696

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J.), rendered November 14, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fifth degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 8 to 16 years and 3V2 to 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling permitting limited inquiry as to similar crimes was an appropriate exercise of discretion, which balanced the proper factors (see, People v Walker, 83 NY2d 455, 458-459; People v Mattiace, 77 NY2d 269, 274-275).

We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion. Concur— Rosenberger, J. P., Tom, Mazzarelli, Saxe and Buckley, JJ.