A Robinson warning is not required where the features said to undermine the complainant's reliability — youth at the time, delay, inconsistencies with prior complaint, absence of corroboration, and suggested motive for concoction — are comfortably within the capacity of jurors to evaluate with the benefit of their accumulated experience and counsel's addresses. A direction that uncharged acts evidence may be used to indicate the true nature of the relationship but not to show general disposition, while imperfect, is not a misdirection where it conveys that conviction depends on the jury being convinced of the complainant's truthfulness concerning the charged events.
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