In this domestic violence case, the court properly exercised its discretion in admitting carefully limited evidence of defendant's pattern of abusive conduct. This evidence was admissible to complete the narrative and to provide necessary background information explaining the conduct of the complainant and defendant and was relevant to issues raised by defendant (see, People v Steinberg,
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