Opinion
December 15, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of prior instances of physical abuse perpetrated by the defendant upon the victim. These prior acts were admissible to show identity and absence of mistake or accident ( see, People v. Basir, 179 A.D.2d 662). Moreover, the trial court's limiting instructions as to how the jury should evaluate this evidence dispelled any prejudice to the defendant ( see, People v. Davis, 169 A.D.2d 774).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or do not warrant reversal.
O'Brien, J. P., Joy, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.