Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 22, 2011 (People v. Barbato)

*1113At trial, the complainant testified that the defendant choked her until her body “went limp,” “everything went black,” and she urinated on herself. Prior to the complainant’s testimony, the People were permitted, over the defendant’s objection, to introduce evidence that he had previously strangled two women in 1985 and 1988, respectively.