New York Court of Appeals

The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Ernest Gray, Appellant

January 10, 199584 N.Y.2d 709

Summary

The Court affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the trial court's broad Sandoval discretion governs the admissibility of an out-of-state juvenile adjudication for impeachment and that no per se rule excluding such convictions is required; the dissent argued that the conviction should be barred as a matter of law.