People v. Flores

264 A.D.2d 674, 696 N.Y.S.2d 423, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9541

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered December 5, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling permitting defendant’s impeachment by the fact he was convicted of three felonies and a misdemeanor, including disclosure that one felony was for attempted drug possession, while precluding inquiry into any underlying facts, constituted a proper exercise of discretion (see, People v Pavao, 59 NY2d 282, 292).

We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Nardelli, Wallach, Andrias and Friedman, JJ.