People v. Young

The People’s obligation to produce the pretrial statements of prosecution witnesses is limited to that material which is in the People’s possession or control (see People v Tissois, 72 NY2d 75 [1988]). The handwritten notes of a caseworker for the New York City Administration for Children’s Services were not in the possession or control of the prosecution and, thus, did not constitute Rosario material (see People v Rosario, 9 NY2d 286 , 290 [1961]; People v Tissois, 72 NY2d 75 [1988]; People v White, 210 AD2d 447 [1994]).

There is no merit to the defendant’s contention that the testimony of the People’s expert regarding the possibility of a delayed outcry by a child sexual abuse victim impermissibly bolstered the testimony of the complaining witness (see People v Spicola, 16 NY3d 441 [2011]; People v Rodriguez, 91 AD3d 797 , 797-798 [2012]; People v Carfora, 69 AD3d 751 [2010]). Such testimony explained behaviors of sexual abuse victims that jurors might not be expected to understand (see People v Spicola, 16 NY3d 441 [2011]; People v Persaud, 98 AD3d 527 , 528 [2012]).

The defendant’s contention that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of a prior consistent statement is without merit. When a “witnesses] testimony is assailed — either directly or inferentially — as a recent fabrication, the witness may be rehabilitated” with a prior consistent statement (People v Mc