People v. Davis

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Martin, J.), rendered September 3, 1996, convicting him of assault in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is well established that evidence of uncharged crimes is inadmissible where it is offered solely to raise an inference that a defendant has a criminal propensity (see, People v Alvino, 71 NY2d 233, 241). Such evidence, however, may be *707received if it is probative of a…