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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM E. CRUZ, Appellant.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25) and sexual abuse in the first degree (§ 130.65 [1]). Contrary to defendant's contention, County Court properly concluded that a Wade hearing was unnecessary because defendant and the victim were "known to one another, [and thus] `suggestiveness' [was] not a concern" ( People v. Gissendanner, 48 NY2d 543, 552; see People v. Tas, 51 NY2d 915, 916). Also contrary to defendant's contention, the court's Sandoval ruling, pursuant to which the People were permitted to ask defendant whether he had previously been convicted of any crimes and, if so, the number of convictions, does not constitute an abuse of discretion ( see generally People v. Walker, 83 NY2d 455, 458-459). Finally, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

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PEOPLE v. CRUZ
(Jun 9, 2006)