People v. Rock
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, Nassau County (Jaeger, J.), rendered November 17, 2006, convicting him of criminal contempt in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in permitting the People to elicit evidence of the defendant’s prior bad acts involving the complainant (see People v Molineux, 168 NY 264 [1901]). The evidence was properly admitted as relevant background material to enable the jury to understand the defendant’s…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- People v. VentimigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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