PEOPLE v. LANIER


163 A.D.2d 902 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Benjamin Lanier, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

July 13, 1990


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

The testimony of the infant victims that defendant, their mother's boyfriend, had previously disciplined them by beating them with an extension cord, belts, or switches, was properly admitted to show the victims' continuing fear of defendant as evidence of forcible compulsion (see, People v Thompson, 158 A.D.2d 563).

We reject defendant's contention that prosecutorial...

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