People v. Martinez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered June 10, 2014, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal •possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Evidence of uncharged crimes is not admissible if offered only to raise an inference that a defendant is of a criminal disposition (see People v Dorm, 12 NY3d 16, 19 [2009]). Nonetheless, evidence of uncharged crimes may be admitted to prove the specific crime charged when it tends to establish,…