People v. Jones

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.), rendered May 17, 1999, convicting him of murder in the second degree, aggravated criminal contempt, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he is entitled to reversal because of the admission of testimony relating to his prior bad acts against the decedent and her family (see, People v Molineux, 168 NY 264, 293). We disagree. The trial court’s Ventimiglia ruling (see, People v…