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THE PEOPLE, res, v. Delvin Espinal, def-app

14-240. THE PEOPLE, res, v. Delvin Espinal, def-app — Judgment of conviction (Kevin B. McGrath, J.), rendered September 12, 2013, affirmed.

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14-240. THE PEOPLE, res, v. Delvin Espinal, def-app — Judgment of conviction (Kevin B. McGrath, J.), rendered September 12, 2013, affirmed.

We find no abuse of discretion in the court’s Molineux (People v. Molineux, 168 NY 264 [1901]) rulings. The court properly permitted the prosecutor to elicit evidence that seven months before the charged crime, defendant threatened the victim, his sister, punched a hole in her bedroom door, and grabbed her by the neck with both hands and applied pressure. The evidence was probative of defendant’s motive, tended to complete the victim’s narrative, provided background information explaining the abusive relationship between defendant and the victim, and placed the behavior of both defendant and the victim in a believable context (see People v. Dorm, 12 NY3d 16, 19 [2009]; People v. Levasseur, 133 AD3d 411 [2015], lv denied 27 NY3d 1001 [2016]). The court also properly exercised its discretion in modifying its initial ruling and admitting previously precluded uncharged crimes evidence. Defendant opened the door to such evidence during his cross-examination of the victim with respect to her failure to report a history of abuse by defendant (see People v. Melendez, 55 NY2d 445, 451-452 [1982]; People v. McIver, 245 AD2d 180, 180-181 [1997], lv denied 91 NY2d 1010 [1998]).

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