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MTR OF STATE v. CHARADA T.

No. 76

23 N.Y.3d 355 (2014)

14 N.E.3d 362

991 N.Y.S.2d 9

2014 NY Slip Op 3293

In the Matter of STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHARADA T., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Bernstein , Mental Hygiene Legal Service, New York City ( Deborah P. Mantell , Sadie Z. Ishee and Maura M. Klugman of counsel), for appellant.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Claude S. Platton , Barbara D. Underwood and Steven C. Wu of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ABDUS-SALAAM, J.

We hold that, in this Mental Hygiene Law article 10 proceeding, Supreme Court erred by permitting an expert witness to introduce hearsay testimony about a crime respondent Charada T. was never charged with committing, but that this error was harmless under the circumstances.

Respondent Charada T. has been convicted of committing three violent sex offenses, two of which...

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