Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Serrano, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-10-01
Citations: 298 A.D.2d 109
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Serrano, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 298
Pages: 109–109

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Serrano, Appellant.
[747 NYS2d 376]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Moore, J.), rendered July 11, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 13 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court's Sandoval ruling, permitting inquiry into one prior conviction, the nature of the crime, as well as some of the underlying facts, was a proper exercise of discretion that struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of defendant's criminal background and the risk of unfair prejudice (see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203).
We perceive no basis for a reduction of sentence. Concur— Williams, P.J., Mazzarelli, Sullivan, Rosenberger and Gonzalez, JJ.