Opinion
June 14, 1979
Order, Family Court, Bronx County, entered August 11, 1978, adjudicating respondent a juvenile delinquent and placing him restrictively with the Division for Youth, Title III, unanimously affirmed, without costs or disbursements. We agree with the rationale of the fact-finding court in its well-reasoned decision, except its finding that the six-year-old victim's prompt disclosure to his mother could be considered on the issue of corroboration. Timely complaint bears on credibility. It does not furnish corroboration. (People v. Carey, 223 N.Y. 519; People v. Page, 162 N.Y. 272; but see People v. Yannucci, 283 N.Y. 546, 550 .) The record, nevertheless, does disclose sufficient corroborating evidence, to which the fact-finding court made appropriate reference, to support the determination.
Concur — Birns, J.P., Fein, Sullivan, Markewich and Silverman, JJ.