People v. Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Donald J. Mark, J.

The charges against the defendant arose out of a bizarre series of events in which the defendant over an eight-year period induced the victim to submit to sexual acts by constantly deceiving her that if she declined "the Mob” would harm the victim and her family and/or the defendant and his *739family.2 As a result of this scenario the defendant was ultimately convicted after a jury trial of three counts of first degree rape, three counts of first degree sodomy and one count of second degree coercion.3

At the pretrial Sandoval hearing (People v Sandoval, 34…