People v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Maxwell Wiley, J.), rendered April 6, 2011, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, and two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant’s claim that the victim’s statement to a police officer shortly after the crime did not qualify under the prompt outcry exception to the hearsay rule is unpreserved, as well as being expressly waived, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. McDanielNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. KowlessarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. CochranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006