People v. Byrd

OPINION OF THE COURT

Moskowitz, J.

*269The primary issue on this appeal is whether it was error for the trial judge to admit the complainant’s grand jury testimony after determining that the complainant was unavailable to testify at trial because of battered person syndrome. For the reasons that follow, we find no error.

Defendant Jimmy Byrd and Jill J. lived together from late 1991 until defendant’s arrest on August 7, 2002. Their daughter was born in January 1993. For years, defendant physically and verbally abused Jill J. Om July 26, 2002, defendant flew into a rage apparently because the glass…