Legal Opinion
People v. Alonzo
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 24, 2011PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
We hold that, where the evidence before a grand jury shows a single, uninterrupted attack in which the attacker gropes several parts of a victim’s body, the attacker may be charged with only one count of sexual abuse.
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According to the evidence presented to a grand jury, defendant persuaded two women to visit him in the middle of the night at the apartment of a friend of his. After a short stay, the women decided they wanted to leave, but found that the door was locked and defendant had concealed the key. An argument *269on this subject woke another person in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. KeindlNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Woellhaf v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
- People v. SenisiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. MoffittAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. BaumanNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
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3Cited by106 opinions
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