PEOPLE v. DILLARD


261 A.D.2d 281 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 540

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LANCE DILLARD, Appellant.

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

Decided May 20, 1999.


The court appropriately exercised its discretion in permitting the People to establish that in the month prior to the incident underlying defendant's conviction, defendant had shoplifted from another store managed by the complainant and had been specifically warned not to steal again from any of the complainant's stores. This evidence was relevant as background information to explain the reaction of the store employees when they...

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