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PEOPLE v. DeVECCHIO

17 Misc.3d 990 (2007)

845 N.Y.S.2d 676

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. R. LINDLEY DeVECCHIO, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Kings County.

October 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Michael Vecchione and Joseph Alexis of counsel), for plaintiff.

Thompson Hine LLP, New York City (Douglas Grover and Mark Bederow of counsel), for defendant.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GUSTIN L. REICHBACH, J.

Pursuant to People v Molineux (168 N.Y. 264 [1901]) and its progeny, while a person on trial charged with a particular crime may not be shown to be guilty by evidence showing he has committed other crimes, evidence of other crimes is admissible when such evidence tends to establish the particular crime on trial by demonstrating motive, intent, the absence of mistake or accident, a common scheme or plan...

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