Legal Opinion
People v. World
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 15, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*967The trial court properly permitted the complainant’s friend to testify, under the “prompt outcry” exception to the hearsay rule, that the complainant told the friend that she had been raped (see People v Shelton, 1 NY3d 614, 615 [2004] [internal quotation marks omitted]; People v McDaniel, 81 NY2d 10, 16 [1993]; People v Verrilli, 69 AD3d 963 [2010]).
The trial court properly admitted evidence of uncharged crimes committed by the defendant since this evidence was inextricably interwoven with the narrative of events, and since it was necessary background information to explain to the jury the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. McDanielNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. VailsNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. SheltonNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- People v. DahlbenderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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