Legal Opinion

People v. Kaminski

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 15, 1983PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*887OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified by reversing the conviction of sodomy in the first degree and ordering a new trial as to the second and third counts of the indictment. The trial court erred in its charge to the jury on the definition of forcible compulsion. Although the indictment charged forcible compulsion “by means of physical force which overcame earnest resistance” only, over defendant’s objection the court erroneously charged that defendant could be found guilty if the jury found either such force or a threat placing the victim in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. People v. GrosfeldNew York Court of Appeals · 1983

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. People v. UdzinskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. People of State of New York v. GregaNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. People v. CharlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. People v. Benjamin R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  5. People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993

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