People v. Gagnon

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1989-12-14

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OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. The proposed evidence of prior sexual contact between the complaining witness and her uncle was offered by the defense solely on the theory that it might be admissible to explain testimony of an examining physician that the 11-year-old complainant showed physical signs of sexual abuse. The prosecutor agreed that should the Peop…

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