PEOPLE v. RIVERA


234 A.D.2d 19 (1996)

650 N.Y.S.2d 647

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marcus Rivera, Appellant

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

December 3, 1996


Defendant was accused of fatally shooting the victim in 1989 in a dispute over drug-selling territory. The testimony of two eyewitnesses concerning defendant's prior drug dealing activity, with which they were familiar, was admissible since it was relevant to the issues of identity and motive (see, People v Chadwick, 227 A.D.2d 123; People v Edmonds, 223 A...

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