People v. Douglas

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander Hunter, J.), rendered October 20, 1999, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

Evidence of defendant’s prior gun-related crime was properly admitted in that it was relevant to negate various aspects of his defense (see, People v Roe, 74 NY2d 20, 25, n 5; People v Henson, 33 NY2d 63, 72). Any prejudicial effect was minimized because the court sitting as trier of fact is presumed capable of disregarding…