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PEOPLE v. TOOKES

10419. 3007/14.

177 A.D.3d 545 (2019)

110 N.Y.S.3d 847

2019 NY Slip Op 08503

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie Tookes, Appellant.

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

Decided November 21, 2019.

The court providently exercised its discretion in admitting testimony by the victim, defendant's ex-fiancée, concerning defendant's prior bad acts. The evidence was relevant to defendant's motive for his criminal conduct, and it provided necessary background to explain the relationship between the defendant and the victim (see People v Dorm, 12 N.Y.3d 16, 19 [2009]; People v Steinberg, 170 A.D.2d 50<...

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