People v. Barksdale

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Tanenbaum, J.), rendered January 27,1982, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. 11 Judgment affirmed. 11 Despite the fact that the complaining witness had a history of mental illness and alcoholism, we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s motion to strike the complaining witness’ testimony. The evidence shows that the complaining witness was able to understand the nature of an oath “and to give…