People v. White

OPINION OF THE COURT

Norman St. George, J.

*798The defendant, Cedric White, was arrested and subsequently-arraigned on a charge of assault in the third degree in violation of Penal Law § 120.00 (1). The People moved in limine for a ruling allowing them to call an expert witness on domestic violence to testify on their direct case regarding the “battered woman syndrome” (hereinafter referred to as BWS).

Background

The complainant and the defendant dated periodically for a period of time encompassing the past 13 years. The instant charge stems from August 25, 2003, when the defendant is alleged to have…