Opinion
Submitted November 13, 2000.
December 19, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kreindler, J.), rendered January 15, 1998, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), attempted murder in the second degree, kidnapping in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, rape in the first degree (four counts), sodomy in the first degree (four counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Jojo Annobil of counsel), for appellant.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Joyce Slevin of counsel), for respondent.
Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., DAVID S. RITTER, FRED T. SANTUCCI, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court's Sandoval ruling was a provident exercise of its discretion (see, People v. Turner, 239 A.D.2d 447; People v. Fernandez, 229 A.D.2d 447; see also, People v. Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).