PEOPLE v. SMALLS

2013-01746, Ind. No. 1218/11.

145 A.D.3d 802 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 08378

43 N.Y.S.3d 123

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RAMIEK R. SMALLS, Appellant.

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

Decided December 14, 2016.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The County Court's Molineux ruling (see People v Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264 [1901]) constituted a provident exercise of discretion. The evidence at issue was admissible as relevant background material to explain to the jury the sequence of events and the relationship between the defendant and the decedent, and as evidence of the defendant's motive and intent, and his consciousness of guilt (see People v Jones,

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