Is the prompt outcry exception to the hearsay rule?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rosario, 17 N.Y.3d 501, 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 07254, 934 N.Y.S.2d 59, 958 N.E.2d 93 (N.Y. 2011):
[934 N.Y.S.2d 71] however, is not a reason to abandon the prompt outcry exception to the hearsay rule ( see People v. McDaniel, 81 N.Y.2d 10, 1617, 595 N.Y.S.2d 364, 611 N.E.2d 265 [1993] ). It is a reason to expand it.
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