People v. Piedra
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court did not err in permitting the prosecution to call an expert witness, a psychologist, to testify about, inter alia, intrafamily rape trauma syndrome. The testimony was properly admitted “to explain behavior of . . . victim[s] that might appear unusual or that jurors may not be expected to understand” (People v Carroll, 95 NY2d 375, 387 [2000]; see People v Rich, 78 AD3d 1200, 1202 [2010]). The expert “spoke about victims in general and never opined that the defendant committed the crimes, that the victim[s] w[ere] sexually abused, or…
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