Opinion
2679.
Decided January 13, 2004.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Martin Marcus, J.), rendered June 26, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.
David Rong, for Respondent.
Michael C. Taglieri, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Buckley, P.J., Tom, Ellerin, Marlow, JJ.
The court's Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion ( see People v. Hayes, 97 N.Y.2d 203; People v. Walker, 83 N.Y.2d 455, 458-459; People v. Pavao, 59 N.Y.2d 282, 292). The court permitted the prosecutor to elicit only a portion of defendant's very extensive prior record, along with defendant's use of various aliases and conflicting pedigree information. All these matters particularly relate to defendant's credibility.
Counsel having withdrawn his objection, defendant's challenge to testimony regarding street-level narcotics transactions is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that this testimony was properly admitted ( see People v. Brown, 97 N.Y.2d 500, 504-507).
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.