Legal Opinion
People v. Byron
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 1, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (McCann, J.), rendered March 12, 2001, convicting him of rape in the first degree and assault in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly admitted expert testimony regarding rape trauma syndrome to aid the jury in understanding the unusual behavior of the first complainant after the rape occurred (see People v Taylor, 75 NY2d 277 [1990]; People v George, 277 AD2d 327 [2000]). The defendant’s argument that the *454expert’s testimony…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. SheltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- People v. LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. BertaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. MorrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. MitchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- People v. ByronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007