Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court's Molineux ruling (see People v Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264 [1901]) was a provident exercise of its discretion. The evidence of prior incidents of assaultive behavior by the defendant against his mother, who was the victim in the instant case, was properly ruled admissible. It was probative of the defendant's intent to assault his mother, and also provided background information necessary to explain the...
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