Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of rape in the first degree. He maintains that the testimony by the emergency room physician about the victim's statements concerning the rape constituted improper bolstering. We agree. Such statements were irrelevant to diagnosis and treatment and impermissibly bolstered the victim's testimony (see, People v Tarver,
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