People v. Vozzo
Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Beeler, J.), rendered June 27, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 7 to 21 years and 21/s to 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
Since defendant made an unelaborated request for a psychiatric examination of the complainant, unaccompanied by any factual support, his claim that such an examination should have been granted is unpreserved (see, People v Tutt, 38 NY2d 1011). To the extent that defendant is claiming that the examination was compelled by Federal constitutional law, that claim is also unpreserved. We decline to review these claims in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find, without deciding whether a trial court has the power to order a complainant in a sexual assault case to undergo a psy
Defendant’s contentions concerning the People’s cross-examination of the defense expert and summation are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find no basis for reversal (see, People v Overlee, 236 AD2d 133, lv denied 91 NY2d 976). Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Tom, Andrias, Rubin and Marlow, JJ.
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