Court Opinion

ID: 6010680
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 10:46:49.243673+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:50:20.089996
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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Kleiman, J.), rendered November 18, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly exercised its discretion in balancing the probative nature of defendant’s prior convictions against the possibility of undue prejudice (0People v Bennette, 56 NY2d 142). Defendant cannot insulate herself against inquiry simply because she has specialized in crimes similar to the one charged (see, People v Pavao, 59 NY2d 282, 292). Concur—Milonas, J. P., Ellerin, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.