People v. Peinado

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Berry, J.), rendered July 28, 1997, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress evidence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court did not err in permitting testimony regarding prior uncharged criminal conduct by the defendant since the testimony was relevant to establish both that the defendant had a motive to kill the victim…