Opinion
Submitted January 14, 2000
February 24, 2000
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered October 21, 1998, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and jostling, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Dawn E. Scott of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicole Beder, and Nicole H. Baker of counsel), for respondent.
CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, ANITA R. FLORIO and ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court's Sandoval ruling was a provident exercise of discretion. The court balanced the relevant factors and formulated an appropriate compromise (see, People v. Walker, 83 N.Y.2d 455, 458-459 ; People v. Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371 ).