Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ishmael Callistro, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-03-15
Citations: 259 A.D.2d 625
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ishmael Callistro, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 625–626

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ishmael Callistro, Appellant.
[687 NYS2d 389]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered October 3, 1996, convicting him of attempted assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon 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 improvident exercise of discretion (see, People v Mattiace, 77 NY2d 269, 275-276; People v Pavao, 59 NY2d 282, 292). The mere fact that a defendant had committed crimes similar to the one charged did not automatically warrant precluding the prosecutor from using evidence of such crimes for impeachment purposes (see, People v Mattiace, supra; People v Pavao, supra; People v McClam, 225 AD2d 799).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either without merit or do not warrant reversal. S. Miller, J. P., Florio, Mc-Ginity and Luciano, JJ., concur.