People v. Burgess

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County, rendered November 12, 1974, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. On August 13, 1974 one Marilyn Brennan, aged 21, had been in a tavern in the City of Hudson, New York, in the company of her sister, where she had several drinks in the space of an hour and a half. As she was leaving the tavern shortly before midnight, she encountered the defendant with whom she was acquainted and they exchanged greetings. She then proceeded to the Columbia high-rise…