PEOPLE v. NELSON


22 A.D.3d 769 (2005)

804 N.Y.S.2d 373

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEVE NELSON, Appellant.

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

October 24, 2005.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly admitted expert testimony regarding rape trauma syndrome to aid the jury in understanding the unusual behavior of the complainant after the rape occurred (see People v. Taylor, 75 N.Y.2d 277 [1990]; People v. Wernick, 89 N.Y.2d 111 [1996]). The defendant's argument that the expert's testimony impermissibly bolstered...

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