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People v. Mason (James)

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 29, 2005
2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 52195 (N.Y. App. Term 2005)

Opinion

2004-103 S CR.

Decided December 29, 2005.

Appeal from judgments of the District Court of Suffolk County, First District (William J. Burke, J.), rendered on January 9, 2004. The judgments convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of sexual abuse in the second and third degrees.

Judgments of conviction unanimously affirmed.

PRESENT: RUDOLPH, P.J., ANGIOLILLO and McCABE, JJ


Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People ( see People v. Contes, 60 NY2d 620), the proof as to defendant's conduct was legally sufficient to support the convictions of sexual abuse in the second and third degrees (Penal Law § 130.60; § 130.55). The sexual contact was without the consent of the complainant and there was no credible innocent explanation for defendant's conduct ( see Matter of Troy B., 270 AD2d 107).

The trial court's Sandoval ruling was a provident exercise of its discretion. The court struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of the defendant's prior conviction on the issue of credibility and the possible prejudice to him ( see People v. Hayes, 97 NY2d 203, 207).

The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his contention that the trial court erred in admitting testimony of a "prompt outcry" of a sexual assault ( see CPL 470.05; People v. Leveille, 12 AD3d 533). In any event, the court properly admitted the testimony in that the prompt outcry was "made at the first suitable opportunity' . . ." ( People v. McDaniel, 81 NY2d 10, 17; see also People v. Brown, 302 AD2d 403).


Summaries of

People v. Mason (James)

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 29, 2005
2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 52195 (N.Y. App. Term 2005)
Case details for

People v. Mason (James)

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES A. MASON…

Court:Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 29, 2005

Citations

2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 52195 (N.Y. App. Term 2005)
814 N.Y.S.2d 564