Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant argues that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecution to introduce evidence of two prior uncharged bank robberies. We agree. Proof of these uncharged crimes was not probative of any element of the crimes charged and served only to establish the defendant's predisposition to commit the crimes charged (see, People v Robinson,
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