Opinion
January 10, 1991
Appeal from the County Court of Tioga County (Siedlecki, J.).
Even if it is accepted that defendant properly preserved for review the question of whether evidence of a prior uncharged crime should have been admitted, we find any claim of error lacking in merit. Testimony concerning the uncharged crime, as well as defendant's prior arrests and appearances before the victim, a Town Justice, was directly related to motive and its probative worth exceeded its potential for prejudice (see, People v Johnson, 149 A.D.2d 930, lv denied 73 N.Y.2d 1017; People v Weir, 120 A.D.2d 554, lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 673). Defendant's remaining contentions have been examined and found to be lacking in merit.
Judgment affirmed. Mahoney, P.J., Weiss, Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., and Harvey, JJ., concur.