PEOPLE v. RIVERA


158 A.D.2d 723 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hector Rivera, Appellant

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

February 26, 1990


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contentions, we find that the trial court properly excluded any reference to the fact that the nine-year-old complainant may have contracted a venereal disease in 1986, since the crimes of which the defendant stands convicted occurred in 1983. Additionally, the defendant's offer of proof as to the child having allegedly contracted such disease was inadequate to justify a court in allowing the introduction...

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