Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the trial court improperly admitted into evidence testimony about prior bad acts committed by him with the victim. We disagree. The testimony was relevant to the defendant's motive and intent when he struck the victim three times with a baseball bat, and the probative value of this evidence outweighed its potential for prejudice. Thus, it was admissible (see People v Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264 ...
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