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PEOPLE v. MENDEZ

2014-10935. Ind. No. 1696/11.

178 A.D.3d 734 (2019)

111 N.Y.S.3d 225

2019 NY Slip Op 08705

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francisco Mendez, Appellant.

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

Decided December 4, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edelstein & Grossman, New York, NY ( Jonathan I. Edelstein of counsel), for appellant.

John M. Ryan , Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( John M. Castellano , Johnnette Traill , William H. Branigan , and Katherine A. Triffon of counsel), for respondent.

Mastro, J.P., Roman, Connolly and Iannacci, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the prosecutor did not effectively become an unsworn expert witness during summation. The prosecutor's comments as to why a child might delay reporting sexual abuse were based on inferences that could reasonably be drawn from the evidence (see People v Willis, 122 A.D.3d 950, 950 [2014]; People v Crosdale, 103 A.D.3d 749...

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