People v. Catron

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), rendered October 20, 1986, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree.

Defendant stands convicted of raping and sexually abusing by forcible compulsion a 29-year-old woman who has been essentially deaf and mute since age three. Defendant admitted he engaged in sexual intercourse with her but testified at trial that it was consensual, in stark contrast to a statement he made to police wherein he confessed in detail to forcibly…