PEOPLE v. VAELLO

1214/03, 6614, 6615.

91 A.D.3d 548 (2012)

937 N.Y.S.2d 51

2012 NY Slip Op 417

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE VAELLO, Appellant.

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

Decided January 24, 2012.


The court properly exercised its discretion in permitting the People's expert, a licensed nurse practitioner certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner, to testify about the relationship between the victim's genital injury and forcible sexual intercourse. Given the witness's broad experience and training, she was qualified to testify about the physiological processes of a woman's body during sexual activity, and, concomitantly, about how the victim's injury might have occurred...

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