People v. Owens

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Friedlander, J.), rendered October 26, 1981, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of rape in the first degree.

When this case was previously before this court, we reversed defendant’s conviction for rape in the first degree, finding several errors in the trial and not reaching other contentions advanced by defendant (97 AD2d 855). On appeal by the People, the Court of Appeals reversed and remitted for consideration of those points not previously addressed by this court (63 NY2d 824). We now affirm.

We find no merit to…