The following excerpt is from People v. Alvino, 519 N.E.2d 808, 525 N.Y.S.2d 7, 71 N.Y.2d 233 (N.Y. 1987):
In my view, any other holding contravenes our prior decisions in closely analogous cases. In People v. McKinney, supra, the People presented evidence of defendant's prior assaults to prove his intent to inflict physical injury. We disapproved admission of the evidence on the grounds that "the alleged act of defendant [was]
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