People v. Teicher

Defendant, a practicing dentist in the Chelsea district in Manhattan, is charged with three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, arising from his alleged sexual touching and fondling of three of his female patients *639after he had injected certain drugs (sodium secobarbitol and valium) for the purpose of dental extractions. It is the People’s contention that the drugs rendered the patients "physically helpless” and thus incapable of consenting to the sexual contact.

The last of these patients was an undercover policewoman and in conjunction with arranging her appointment with defendant for…