The court properly denied defendant's motion to sever the drug counts from the homicide and weapon possession counts, and properly allowed the People to introduce evidence of defendant's drug selling activities and of the drugs discovered in his apartment pursuant to a search warrant. The drug evidence, when linked with defendant's otherwise unexplained threatening statements made shortly before the crime, established motive and murderous intent (see, People v Zorilla...
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