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People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 3, 1989
147 A.D.2d 904 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

February 3, 1989

Appeal from the Monroe County Court, Celli, J.

Present — Callahan, J.P., Denman, Boomer, Balio and Lawton, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The court's charge on prompt complaint was correct. Evidence that the complainant in a rape case did make timely complaint is admissible as bearing on her credibility (see, Richardson, Evidence § 292 [Prince 10th ed]). "[L]ike outcries made at the time of the act charged, the appearance and manner of the female immediately after, her instant complaints of the fact are all such as are natural and according to the ordinary course of events; and therefore are corroborative of her statements on the witness stand" (Baccio v People, 41 N.Y. 265, 268).


Summaries of

People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 3, 1989
147 A.D.2d 904 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEITH WILLIAMS…

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

Date published: Feb 3, 1989

Citations

147 A.D.2d 904 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

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