PEOPLE v. PETTAWAY


30 A.D.3d 257 (2006)

817 N.Y.S.2d 31

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SEAN PETTAWAY, Also Known as SHAWN PETTAWAY, Appellant.

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

June 15, 2006.


The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting uncharged crimes evidence relating to firearms transactions in Virginia, since these transactions, along with the numerous charged transactions, were all part of a common scheme or plan whereby defendant and his accomplices acquired firearms in Virginia and sold them in New York (see People v Duffy, 212 N.Y. 57, 66-71 [1914]), and since the uncharged crimes evidence was inextricably linked with the trial evidence...

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