People v. Tiedemann

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Colabella, J.), rendered November 3, 1983, convicting him of coercion in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Judgment reversed, on the law, and indictment dismissed. This matter is remitted to the County Court, Orange County, for the purpose of entering an order in its discretion pursuant to CPL 160.50.

Defendant was charged with one count of first degree rape by forcible compulsion. After a bench trial, the court acquitted defendant of the rape charge but found him guilty of coercion in the…