Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court's Molineux ruling (see People v Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264 [1901]) constituted a proper exercise of discretion. The evidence of the defendant's prior possession and display of a weapon was probative of the defendant's knowing possession of the weapon at the time of the crimes charged, and the risk of prejudice did not outweigh the probative value (see People v Lawrence,
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