Legal Opinion
People v. Wakefield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 17, 1994PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Tisch, J.), rendered March 16, 1992, convicting him of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree (four counts), rape in the third degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree (five counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s contentions that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove forcible compulsion is not preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245, 250). In any event, viewing the evidence in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. UdzinskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bender v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Wakefield v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- In re Shourik D.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Wakefield v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013