PEOPLE v. LUTCHMANSIGH

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. The trial court properly ruled that if the defendant testified that the victim's injuries were accidental, the People would have been permitted to cross-examine him regarding his prior conviction of attempted rape in the first degree of the victim. Evidence of this prior criminal conduct against the victim would have been admissible to establish intent, the absence of mistake, and the nature of his relationship with the victim ( see People v. Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264; People v. Howard, 285 A.D.2d 560; People v. Underwood, 255 A.D.2d 405, 406; People v. Shorey, 172 A.D.2d 634).

The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, do not warrant reversal.

FEUERSTEIN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, GOLDSTEIN and RIVERA, JJ., concur.