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PEOPLE v. SCOTT

70 A.D.3d 977 (2010)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KWAME SCOTT, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided February 16, 2010.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in admitting the testimony of an expert witness concerning gangs, including their customs and violent practices. This evidence was highly probative of the defendant's motive, as well as explanatory of the defendant's actions and, thus, critical to the jury's understanding of the relationship between the defendant and the victim (see People v Cain,

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