Is testimony relating to the uncharged crime of rape admissible?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gines, 335 N.E.2d 850, 36 N.Y.2d 932, 373 N.Y.S.2d 543 (N.Y. 1975):
The majority, relying on People v. Acevedo, 32 N.Y.2d 941, 347 N.Y.S.2d 202, 300 N.E.2d 734, holds that the testimony relating to the uncharged crime of rape 'was admissible to complete the narrative of the episode and to establish the complainant's opportunity to identify defendant as her assailant'.
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