PEOPLE v. BRIZEN

12834, 2667/07.

118 A.D.3d 590 (2014)

987 N.Y.S.2d 167

2014 NY Slip Op 4580

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL BRIZEN, Appellant.

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

Decided June 19, 2014.


Under the unusual circumstances of the case, where one of the victims was unable to speak intelligibly because of her physical impairment, the court properly exercised its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to clarify the testimony by means of leading questions (see People v Williams, 242 A.D.2d 469 [1st Dept 1997], lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 883

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