Opinion
No. 2467.
January 3, 2008.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered November 20, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jody Ratner of counsel), for appellant.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Mark D. Marino of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Andrias, J.P., Nardelli, Buckley and Catterson, JJ.
The court's Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion ( see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203; People v Walker, 83 NY2d 455, 458-459). The court imposed appropriate limitations on the prosecutor's inquiry into defendant's extensive criminal record.
We perceive no basis to reduce the sentence.