Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Evidence of the defendant's prior arrest for drug-related offenses was improperly admitted by the trial court under the identity and common-scheme-or-plan exceptions to the rule enunciated in People v Molineux (168 N.Y. 264). The defendant's identity was conclusively established at trial, and the method of committing the crime was not sufficiently unique to qualify as proof of a common scheme or plan (see, People...
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