PEOPLE v. BECRAFT


198 A.D.2d 868 (1993)

604 N.Y.S.2d 437

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lawrence R. Becraft, Appellant

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

November 19, 1993


Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted.

Memorandum:

The trial court erred when it refused, as a matter of law, to permit defendant to examine the complainant concerning numerous prior charges of rape she had made against other individuals.

The complainant alleged that she had been raped six different times by a relative of her foster parents. She alleged that handcuffs had been used in those rapes just as she alleges that they...

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