PEOPLE v. BOATWRIGHT


297 A.D.2d 603 (2002)

748 N.Y.S.2d 541

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LAWRENCE BOATWRIGHT, Appellant.

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

Decided September 26, 2002.


Defendant's present challenge to testimony by the victim's mother, in which she stated that the victim had told her of certain threats made by defendant against her and her family, is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that this testimony was not admitted for its truth, but was properly admitted to explain the witness's state of mind when she told the police she did not wish to go forward with the...

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