Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Yensie Jimenez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-03-06
Citations: 281 A.D.2d 176
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Yensie Jimenez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 281
Pages: 176–176

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Yensie Jimenez, Appellant.
[722 NYS2d 4]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered June 1, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of conspiracy in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly permitted the People to introduce evidence of drug transactions claimed by defendant to constitute uncharged crimes. The jury could reasonably infer that the transactions in question were part of the charged crime of conspiracy. In any event, these transactions were admissible as background information that was relevant, under the circumstances, to establish the criminality of defendant's conduct (see, People v Alvino, 71 NY2d 233; People v Ponnapula, 266 AD2d 32, 33, lv denied 94 NY2d 951).
We perceive no basis for reduction of sentence. Concur— Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Tom, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.