PEOPLE v. VASQUEZ


208 A.D.2d 416 (1994)

617 N.Y.S.2d 176

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

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 13, 1994


In this murder trial, the trial court properly exercised its discretion by receiving evidence of defendant's uncharged drug dealing as proof of his motive to kill a competing dealer (People v Cedeno, 175 A.D.2d 767, 769, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 854). Although the challenged evidence, which came in on redirect examination of a prosecution witness, showed that defendant personally sold drugs in a territory that did not bring him...

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