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PEOPLE v. SIERRA

21 A.D.3d 809 (2005)

803 N.Y.S.2d 1

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTONIO SIERRA, Appellant.

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

September 20, 2005.

The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting testimony regarding defendant's previous relationship with a girl of unspecified age who was "too young for him." Viewed in the context of other evidence, this testimony was relevant to explain the chain of events that led to, and motivated, defendant's assault upon the victim (see e.g. People v. Newby, 291 A.D.2d 460 [2002], lv denied 98 N.Y.2d 679 [2002]). Even assuming...

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