People v. Donaldson

Memorandum:

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of rape in the third degree (Penal Law § 130.25 [2]) and endangering the welfare of a child (§ 260.10 [1]). We reject defendant’s contention that County Court erred in admitting in evidence recorded telephone conversations between defendant and the victim. The People established a sufficient foundation to admit the recordings in evidence through the testimony of the victim, who identified the voices and recalled the conversations, and the testimony of the police lieutenant who witnessed the conversation and…