People v. Thompson

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Clyne, J.), rendered February 17, 1982, upon a verdict convicting defendant of two counts of the crime of sodomy in the first degree.

On August 6, 1981, a 16-year-old inmate at the Albany County Jail, assigned to the juvenile tier, was allegedly forced to perform acts of sodomy by defendant, a 35-year-old male who was then also an inmate. Defendant was indicted and charged with two counts of first degree sodomy and two counts of third degree sodomy. A jury trial was conducted, after which County Court submitted to the jury the two…