Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in permitting the People to elicit evidence of the defendant's prior bad acts involving the complainant (see People v Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264 [1901]). The evidence was properly admitted as relevant background material to enable the jury to understand the defendant's relationship with the complainant, to explain the issuance of an order of protection, to establish the...
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