Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Moore, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-12-15
Citations: 245 A.D.2d 467
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nathaniel Moore, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 245
Pages: 467–467

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nathaniel Moore, Appellant.
[666 NYS2d 466]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.), rendered August 8, 1995, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and menacing in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court's Sandoval ruling did not constitute an improper exercise of the court's discretion. Evidence of a defendant's prior conviction for a crime such as robbery is highly probative on the issue of his credibility, as it bears upon his willingness to place his own interests above those of society (see, People v Bennette, 56 NY2d 142, 146-148; People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371, 377; People v Fernandez, 229 AD2d 447).
The defendant's remaining contentions lack merit. Rosenblatt, J. P., Altman, Florio and McGinity, JJ., concur.