PEOPLE v. ASHMAN


292 A.D.2d 458 (2002)

738 N.Y.S.2d 874

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TAFARI ASHMAN, Appellant.

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

Decided March 11, 2002.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court properly admitted into evidence the testimony of his former girlfriend concerning his prior uncharged assault against her. The witness was dating the decedent at the time of the shooting, and her testimony concerning the assault was relevant concerning the defendant's motive for shooting the decedent and as background information necessary for the jury to understand the...

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