Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 10, 1986 (People v. Melideo)

Memorandum: On this appeal from a judgment of conviction, entered following a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and assault in the first degree, defendant contends that: (1) the court erred in its Sandoval ruling that if defendant were to take the stand in his own behalf at trial, he *1046could be cross-examined about the fact that he had another indictment pending against him charging