People v. Melendez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme *681Court, Westchester County (Angiolillo, J.), rendered November 14, 2001, convicting him of criminal contempt in the first degree and stalking in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s contention that the Supreme Court committed reversible error in permitting the People to elicit evidence of prior bad acts involving the complainant and the defendant is without merit. The evidence was properly admitted as relevant background material to enable the jury to understand…
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