Legal Opinion
People v. Thompson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 1988PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
Defendant was convicted, after a trial by jury, of two counts of first degree sodomy (Penal Law § 130.50 [1]). The Appellate Division reversed the judgment of conviction and remitted the matter for a new trial on the third degree sodomy counts not reached by the jury, on the ground that the People had. failed to adduce sufficient evidence of forcible compulsion. Specifically, the Appellate Division held that, because the encounter took place while defendant and the victim were separated by *413jail bars, the defendant’s threats to injure the victim or have…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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