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- Title: People State New York v. Lucius Mcdaniel
- Author : Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 25, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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This appeal of a conviction for rape and related crimes centers on two exceptions to the evidentiary rule against use of prior consistent statements to buttress a witness testimony. We hold that evidence of prompt outcry was admissible but that other pretrial statements by the complainant, introduced by the prosecution to rehabilitate her after impeachment by the defense with prior inconsistent statements, were not. Moreover, on this record, we cannot say the errors were harmless. Accordingly, a new trial is necessary.