The People v. Lennie Frankline

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant Lennie Frankline challenges his conviction, alleging that the victim’s testimony about his prior act of violence against her, while generally admissible as nonpropensity evidence, was prejudicially excessive in scope. Given the trial record, we conclude reversal is unwarranted.

At defendant’s trial on charges arising from his attempted murder and assault of his former intimate partner, A.H., she testified to an attack by defendant one week before the assault at issue. The court allowed this testimony as…