People v. Scarposi

The defendant is charged with the felony of sexual abuse in violation of section 130.65 of the Penal Law and the misdemeanor of assault, covered by section 120.00 of the Penal Law.

At a preliminary hearing the complainant, Rosemary Miller, testified that she had hitchhiked her way to New York from Montana where she had been employed as a waitress. Her purpose in coming to New York was to visit a male friend who had been hospitalized. At her friend’s urging she slept in the apartment of the defendant, an acquaintance of her friend, on the night of her arrival, and again some three nights later.…