People v. Huertas

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kaye, J.

At issue on this appeal is the admission into evidence, on the People’s direct case, of the complaining witness’s account of a description of her assailant given to the police shortly after she was raped. Defendant contends that this testimony was inadmissible hearsay, as well as impermissible bolstering of the complainant’s in-court testimony through introduction *489of a prior consistent statement. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the challenged testimony was properly admitted for a nonhearsay purpose.

According to her testimony, the complainant…