People v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Price, J.), rendered on or about October 6, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was accused of fatally shooting the victim in 1989 in a dispute over drug-selling territory. The testimony of two eyewitnesses concerning defendant’s prior drug dealing activ*20ity, with which they were familiar, was admissible since it was relevant to the issues of identity and motive (see, People v Chadwick, 227 AD2d 123; People v Edmonds, 223…
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