People v. Haidara

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel P. FitzGerald, J.), rendered September 26, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1272 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly received evidence of uncharged crimes to complete the victim’s narrative, describe the events leading up to the charged crime and explain the relationship between defendant and the victim (see People v Leeson, 12 NY3d 823, 827 [2009]; People v Dorm, 12 NY3d 16, 19 [2009]), as well as to place the events…