Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, evidence of his prior assaults upon the decedent was properly introduced into evidence. Although evidence of prior crimes is not admissible to show a defendant's predisposition to criminal conduct (see People v Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264, 291-293 [1901]), evidence of prior criminal conduct is admissible, as it was here, when it is relevant to prove the defendant's intent, to refute his...
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