[DOWNLOAD] "People State New York v. Patrick Hudy" by Court of Appeals of New York ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Patrick Hudy
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 22, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
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[73 N.Y.2d 40 Page 44] Opinion OF THE COURT In 1984, the Legislature repealed the statutory provisions requiring corroboration of the victim's
testimony in certain sex-crime prosecutions involving underage victims (L 1984, ch 89, amending Penal Law former §§ 130.16,
260.11). We now hold that the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution (US Const, Art I, § 10; see also, art
I, § 9, cl 3) does not preclude the application of this repealing enactment to prosecutions for crimes occurring before its
effective date. Accordingly, in this prosecution for various sex-related crimes committed against young children, there was
no constitutional impediment to applying the new statute and convicting defendant solely on the basis of the victims' testimony,
even though the charged crimes occurred before the repealing legislation became effective. However, defendant's convictions
must nonetheless be reversed, because two prejudicial trial errors tainted the fairness of his trial.