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p. 647The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Douglas Ruiz, Appellant. [613 NYS2d 226]
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lipp, J.), rendered May 28, 1992, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court’s Sandoval ruling deprived him of a fair trial. While the court’s ruling was in contravention of the rule that the People may not use a youthful offender violation to impeach the defendant (see, People v Dudley, 143 AD2d 764 ), the error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 ). Bracken, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Hart, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- People v. Dudley 143 AD2d 764 p. 647
- People v. Crimmins 36 NY2d 230 p. 647