People v. Lofton

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that Supreme Court improperly allowed the People to bolster the testimony of the complainant by admitting the testimony of a third person on the complainant’s "prompt complaint” of rape. The court did not err in allowing that testimony to establish prompt complaint. It did not constitute bolstering (see, People v McDaniel, 81 NY2d 10, 14, 17-18; cf., People v Taylor, 142 AD2d 410, 421, affd 75 NY2d 277). Even if the testimony constituted bolstering, its admission was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of defendant’s…