Rules of evidence; admissibility of evidence of victim's manner of dress in sex offense cases

Criminal Procedure

Section: 60.48

Jurisdiction: NY

Bluebook Citation: N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 60.48

§ 60.48 Rules of evidence; admissibility of evidence of victim's manner\n of dress in sex offense cases.\n Evidence of the manner in which the victim was dressed at the time of\nthe commission of an offense may not be admitted in a prosecution for\nany offense, or an attempt to commit an offense, defined in article one\nhundred thirty of the penal law, unless such evidence is determined by\nthe court to be relevant and admissible in the interests of justice,\nafter an offer of proof by the proponent of such evidence outside the\nhearing of the jury, or such hearing as the court may require, and a\nstatement by the court of its findings of fact essential to its\ndetermination.\n

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