People v. Hampton

Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Richard A. Keenan, J.), rendered March 29, 2007. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of rape in the first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment that convicted him upon a jury verdict of rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35 [1]). Contrary to defendant’s contention, *1573County Court properly admitted a knife in evidence “as a model of the knife” used by defendant during the commission of the crime (People v Del Vermo, 192 NY…