People v. Williams

245 A.D.2d 3, 666 N.Y.S.2d 404, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11999

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.), rendered July 11, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling was a proper exercise of discretion. Defendant was not entitled to be insulated from questioning as to his prior theft-related crimes simply because of his tendency to specialize in a specific type of crime (see, People v Post, 235 AD2d 299, lv denied 90 NY2d 862). The number of convictions as to which inquiry was permitted, representing only a third of defendant’s criminal record, was not excessive (see, People v Rivera, 227 AD2d 205, lv denied 88 NY2d 993). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Tom, Mazzarelli and Colabella, JJ.