People v. Malave

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered November 21, 2006, as amended December 4, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of menacing in the first degree and six counts of criminal contempt in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 4 to 8 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting evidence of the facts underlying two of the prior orders of protection that had been issued to the victim. This evidence was relevant to elements of the crimes charged, and its…