The testimony of defendant's accomplice that defendant had introduced him to an individual, whom the accomplice had hired to commit two murders and who had absconded with the fee he was paid to kill the victim in this case, was properly admitted to establish defendant's intent and motive as well as to provide the background necessary to assist the jury in their comprehension of the crime (People v Williams,
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