People v. De Camp

Weiss, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ellison, J.), rendered June 6, 1986 in Tompkins County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of sodomy in the first degree (two counts), rape in the first degree (three counts) and attempted rape in the first degree.

Between 8:20 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on August 17, 1985, a woman was walking in an area known as the "Commons” in the City of Ithaca. A man who called himself Toby approached and walked alongside her for at least two minutes while engaging her in a face-to-face conversation. When they reached De Witt Park, the man…