PEOPLE v. NELSON

Ind. No. 4575/16. Appeal No. 14940. Case No. 2018-4500.

201 A.D.3d 413 (2022)

156 N.Y.S.3d 728

2022 NY Slip Op 00015

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tyrone Nelson, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caprice R. Jenerson, Office of The Appellate Defender, New York (Samantha Bosalavage of the bar of the State of Louisiana, admitted pro hac vice of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Amanda Katherine Regan of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Singh, Mendez, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.


The court providently exercised its discretion in admitting evidence that defendant threatened to kill one of the victims several hours before he thrust a knife through a bedroom door, injuring the second victim, as well as evidence that both victims heard the sounds of what they thought was defendant slapping his female companion shortly before the attack with the knife. This evidence of other crimes or bad acts was admissible to complete the narrative and provided background...

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