The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing testimony at trial with respect to an earlier uncharged drug sale. As a general rule, New York's courts exclude proof tending to establish crimes other than those upon which defendant has been indicted. However, evidence of prior uncharged crimes may be received if it helps to establish some element of the crime under consideration or is relevant because, as here, it falls within the recognized "intent" exception to...
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