Opinion
September 29, 2000.
Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Ark, J. — Sexual Abuse, 1st Degree.
PRESENT: GREEN, J. P., PINE, WISNER, KEHOE AND BALIO, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
We reject the contention that Supreme Court erred in permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine defendant with respect to a conviction of criminal mischief in the fourth degree in 1992 and an unspecified misdemeanor in 1994. Those convictions bear directly on the credibility of defendant and reveal his willingness to place his interests above those of society ( see, People v. Quesnel, 238 A.D.2d 725, 727, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 896; People v. Boyd, 150 A.D.2d 786, 787). The sentence is neither unduly harsh nor severe.