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People v. Gonzalez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 16, 1996
226 A.D.2d 214 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

April 16, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Moore, J.).


Since defendant failed to object, and indeed acquiesced, in the qualification of the People's medical expert and the scope of her testimony, his claim concerning that expert's testimony has not been preserved for appellate review as a matter of law (CPL 470.05; People v. Smith, 202 A.D.2d 366), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review it, we would find that the trial court properly exercised its discretion in qualifying the witness as an expert in the field of child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome and that her testimony was properly admitted to explain why the five-year-old victim did not render a complete account of the incidents at all times when asked ( People v. Taylor, 75 N.Y.2d 277; People v. Guzman, 202 A.D.2d 272; People v. Sanchez, 200 A.D.2d 363, lv denied 83 N.Y.2d 1007).

Defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment pursuant to CPL 210.20 (1) was properly denied, since the prosecutor's corrective action in retyping a new indictment containing the counts actually voted by the Grand Jury and then having it signed by the foreperson prior to defendant's arraignment did not render the new document jurisdictionally defective ( cf., People v. Cade, 74 N.Y.2d 410).

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Milonas, Ellerin, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Gonzalez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 16, 1996
226 A.D.2d 214 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Gonzalez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DONNELL GONZALEZ…

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

Date published: Apr 16, 1996

Citations

226 A.D.2d 214 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
640 N.Y.S.2d 547

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