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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EARL WELDON, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was indicted, inter alia, for sexual abuse in the first degree, for conduct involving a girl who was seven years old at the time of the incident. The defendant's argument that the indictment was deficient on this count is unpreserved, since he failed to renew his motion to dismiss the indictment after the prosecution provided requested details as to the approximate times of the alleged offenses (see, People v. Wynn, 176 A.D.2d 443; People v. Robles, 139 A.D.2d 781, 782). In any event, the indictment alleged that the conduct occurred within a 31-day period, which was not so large as to render it virtually impossible for the defendant to prepare a defense, and was not so excessive, considering the age of the victim and the nature of the crime, as to be unreasonable (see, People v. Watt, 81 N.Y.2d 772; People v. Beauchamp, 74 N.Y.2d 639, 641; People v. Keindl, 68 N.Y.2d 410, 416; People v. Lopez, 175 A.D.2d 267, 268; People v Barrett, 166 A.D.2d 657, 658).

The defendant's claim that the trial court erred in allowing expert testimony on the subject of child sexual abuse syndrome is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245, 248-252). In any event, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in allowing the testimony, which was properly offered to explain the behavior of a child who had been sexually abused (see, People v. Cintron, 75 N.Y.2d 249, 267; People v. Keindl, 68 N.Y.2d 410, 422, supra; People v. Lindstadt, 174 A.D.2d 696, 698; People v. Guce, 164 A.D.2d 946, 950). Thompson, J.P., Rosenblatt, Eiber and Miller, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. WELDON
(Mar 22, 1993)