Opinion
December 2, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.).
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 A.D.2d 299, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 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 A.D.2d 205, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 993).
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Tom, Mazzarelli and Colabella, JJ.