People v. Obair
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Calabretta, J.), rendered May 7, 1986, convicting him of sodomy in the first degree (two counts), sexual abuse in the first degree (two *751counts), and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defense counsel failed to preserve his objection to having the nine-year-old complainant sworn as a witness. Therefore, the issue is unpreserved for our review (CPL 470.05 [2]). In any event, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in deeming the…
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