Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court did not err in permitting the admission into evidence of the defendant's prior arrest for strangulation of the victim, as the evidence provided the necessary background as to the relationship between the defendant and the victim and completed the narrative of the investigation (see People v Smith, 186 A.D.3d 1269, 1270 [2020]; People v Graham,
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