Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's challenge to the admission of expert testimony regarding the customs and practices of Mexican-American gangs is without merit. The testimony was relevant to the issue of the defendant's motive and was a necessary background to explain to the jury the sequence of events (see People v Cain,
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