People v. Gozdalski
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree, defendant contends that County Court used the wrong standard in discharging a juror; abused its discretion in precluding defendant from cross-examining the victim about a prior rape complaint and in permitting a lay witness to testify that the mark on the victim’s leg appeared to be from a tail pipe; and improperly emphasized the elements of the crime charged in its instructions to the jury. We reject those contentions.
Defendant and the victim had been at a bar for several…
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