Appeal from a judgment of the Genesee County Court (Robert C. Noonan, J.), rendered April 19, 2006. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts).
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon a jury verdict, of two counts each of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the
Defendant also failed to preserve for our review his contention that County Court’s Sandoval ruling constitutes an abuse of discretion (see People v Robles, 38 AD3d 1294, 1295 [2007], lv denied 8 NY3d 990 [2007]). In any event, we reject the contention of defendant that the court abused its discretion in permitting the People to cross-examine him with respect to certain of his prior convictions (see People v Alston, 27 AD3d 1141, 1142 [2006], lv denied 6 NY3d 892 [2006]). Those convictions demonstrated the willingness of defendant “to further [his] self-interest at the expense of society or in derogation of the interests of others” (People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371, 377 [1974]), and the record establishes that the court properly “weighed appropriate concerns and limited both the number of convictions and the scope of permissible cross-examination” (People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203, 208 [2002]). Finally, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe. Present—Scudder, P.J., Martoche, Centra, Fahey and Gorski, JJ.
