People v. Perez

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered January 7, 1999, convicting him of rape in the first degree, attempted rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree (two counts), and sexual abuse in the first degree (four counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court coerced the jury to reach a verdict of guilt by calling the jury back to deliberate after initially ordering it to be sequestered. Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme…