Opinion
October 13, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy Kahn, J.).
The court's Sandoval ruling constituted an appropriate exercise of discretion where the two prior convictions about which inquiry was permitted, and their underlying facts, bore directly on defendant's credibility ( see, People v. Bennette, 56 N.Y.2d 142).
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.
Concur — Lerner, P. J., Sullivan, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.