It was proper to allow the arresting officer to testify that he arrested defendant "because there was a certain description" and defendant was wearing a jacket like "what the undercover described to us". Such testimony was admissible "to demonstrate the basis for the backup officer's appearance on the scene and arrest of the particular person described" (People v Candelario,
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