Opinion
October 5, 1999
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J.), rendered November 14, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fifth degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 8 to 16 years and 3 1/2 to 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
The court's Sandoval ruling permitting limited inquiry as to similar crimes was an appropriate exercise of discretion, which balanced the proper factors (see, People v. Walker, 83 N.Y.2d 455, 458-459; People v. Mattiace, 77 N.Y.2d 269, 274-275.
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.
ROSENBERGER, J.P., TOM, MAZZARELLI, SAXE, BUCKLEY JJ.