People v. Grier

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Frank Blangiardo, J.), rendered March 11, 1985, convicting defendant, upon a jury verdict, of two counts of robbery in the second degree and sentencing him to concurrent terms of imprisonment of from 3 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Evidence of uncharged crimes is admissible where it is inextricably interwoven with the other evidence, i.e., " 'explanatory of the acts done or words used in the otherwise admissible part of the evidence’ ”. (People v Crandall, 67 NY2d 111, 116, quoting People v Ventimiglia, 52 NY2d 350, 361.) The evidence of…