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

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that trial courts retain broad Sandoval discretion to admit out‑of‑state prior convictions for impeachment and that no per se rule excludes such convictions even when the underlying act would have been treated as a juvenile delinquency in New York. The majority rejected the appellant’s argument for a mandatory exclusion and found no abuse of discretion.