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People v. Ravenell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 8, 1987
133 A.D.2d 354 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

September 8, 1987

Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (O'Shaughnessy, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The testimony of the victim's mother that her daughter telephoned her only hours after she was sexually attacked by the defendant, reporting that she had been "raped", was properly admitted into evidence under the recent outcry rule, with proper limiting instructions to the jury (see, People v. Gomez, 112 A.D.2d 445, lv denied 66 N.Y.2d 919; People v. Derrick, 96 A.D.2d 600; see also, Baccio v. People, 41 N.Y. 265). Furthermore, the fact that the testimony of the victim's mother about the complaint was duplicative of an officer's testimony to the same effect did not render her testimony inadmissible (see, People v Gomez, supra).

We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Brown, Niehoff and Spatt, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Ravenell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 8, 1987
133 A.D.2d 354 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

People v. Ravenell

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MATTHEW RAVENELL…

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

Date published: Sep 8, 1987

Citations

133 A.D.2d 354 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)