People v. Serrano

298 A.D.2d 109, 747 N.Y.S.2d 376, 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9165

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Moore, J.), rendered July 11, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 13 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling, permitting inquiry into one prior conviction, the nature of the crime, as well as some of the underlying facts, was a proper exercise of discretion that struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of defendant’s criminal background and the risk of unfair prejudice (see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203).

We perceive no basis for a reduction of sentence. Concur— Williams, P.J., Mazzarelli, Sullivan, Rosenberger and Gonzalez, JJ.