Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court did not err in permitting the mother of the child victim to testify, pursuant to the prompt outcry exception, regarding the victim's statement that the defendant had raped her. Evidence that a victim of sexual assault promptly complained about the incident is admissible to corroborate the allegation that an assault took place. Here, the victim's outcry was sufficiently...
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