The court properly exercised its discretion in refusing to permit defendant to introduce into evidence exemplars of his own handwriting, prepared for the purpose of litigation, offered for the jury's comparison in support of defendant's claim that he did not write a note involved in the crime. The court properly found that these exemplars were created at a time when defendant had a motive to disguise his handwriting (see, People v Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264, 326). Furthermore...
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