The court properly admitted the undercover officer's testimony that the codefendant gave her defendant's beeper number during the negotiation and arrangement of a drug transaction. This testimony was not received for its truth, but as background evidence to complete the narrative, in that it was necessary for the jury's understanding of how the officer obtained defendant's beeper number, and why the officer, who had previously arranged to make a purchase from the codefendant...
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