Opinion
Submitted April 13, 2000.
May 22, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered October 27, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and kidnapping in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Allen Fallek of counsel), for appellant.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Victor Barall of counsel), and Laura M. Bergamini, New York, N.Y., for respondent (one brief filed).
Before: SONDRA MILLER, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, ANITA R. FLORIO, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The court providently exercised its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine the defendant regarding his prior offenses (see, People v. Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
The defendant's remaining contention is unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, without merit (see, People v. Chronis, 209 A.D.2d 712; People v. Salimi, 159 A.D.2d 658).
S. MILLER, J.P., FRIEDMANN, FLORIO and SMITH, JJ., concur.