Legal Opinion
People v. Hudy
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 22, 1988PublishedCited by 291 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
In 1984, the Legislature repealed the statutory provisions requiring corroboration of the victim’s testimony in certain sex-crime prosecutions involving underage victims (L 1984, ch 89, amending Penal Law former §§ 130.16, 260.11). We now hold that the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution (US Const, art I, § 10; see also, art I, § 9, cl 3) does not preclude the application of this repealing enactment to prosecutions for crimes occurring before its effective date. Accordingly, in this prosecution for various sex-related crimes committed against…
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