Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Brooks, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1984-10-22
Citations: 104 A.D.2d 999
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Brooks, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 104
Pages: 999–1000

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Brooks, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schwartzwald, J.), rendered February 4,1982, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
Upon review of defendant's Sandoval hearing, we find that the court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed the prosecutor to cross-examine defendant on his prior conviction of criminally negligent homicide (People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371). Defendant did not meet his burden of proof that the prejudicial effect of admitting the prior conviction would so outweigh the probative worth on the issue of credibility as to warrant its exclusion (People v Sandoval, supra, p 378; People v Bennette, 56 NY2d 142; People v Dodt, 92 AD2d 1063, 1066, revd on other grounds 61 NY2d 408). Moreover, had any error existed, the overwhelming proof of defendant's guilt would have rendered the error harmless (People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230; People v Morris, 63 AD2d 1008). Thompson, J. P., Weinstein, Rubin and Lawrence, JJ., concur.