People v. Rodriguez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), rendered June 13, 2014, convicting him of criminal contempt in the first degree and harassment in the second degree, 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 misconduct involving the complainant and the complainant’s son. The evidence was admissible to establish the defendant’s intent and motive, and because it was relevant as background…