People v. Mendez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Knopf, J.), rendered May 11, 2007, convicting him of criminal contempt in the first degree (two counts), criminal contempt in the second degree (three counts), and aggravated harassment in the second degree (six counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for a new trial.
Evidence of uncharged crimes may properly be admitted “as relevant background material to enable the jury to understand the…
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