Are there two types of evidence in a sexual assault case where the alleged victim disclosed details about the alleged assault?

We agree with the prosecution that both kinds of evidence were admissible under the fresh-complaint doctrine as discussed in People v. Brown (1994) 8 Cal.4th 746, 749-750, permitting details about the identity of the perpetrator and the nature of the offense: ". . . under principles generally applicable to the determination of evidentiary relevance and admissibility, proof of an extrajudicial complaint, made by the victim of a sexual offense, disclosing the alleged assault, may be admissible for a limited, nonhearsay purposenamely, to establish the fact of, and the circumstances surrounding, the

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