People v. Rowe

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Kowtna, J.), rendered March 10, 1997, convicting him of arson in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, evidence of an uncharged crime was properly admitted as part of the res gestae, as it was so inextricably interwoven with the admissible evidence that it was necessary to an understanding of other parts of the testimony (see, People v Sceravino, 193 AD2d 824; see also, People v…