People v. Lazaro

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Riviezzo, J.), rendered December 11, 2012, convicting her of assault in the second degree and assault in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by the admission into evidence of expert testimony regarding the identifiers and practices of a certain gang, as that evidence was probative of the defendant’s motive and provided necessary background to explain to the jury the relationship between the defendant, the…