People v. McMillan

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered November 15, 1976, convicting him of rape in the first degree and burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing consecutive sentences. Judgment affirmed. At the trial, the victim of these crimes, a 72-year-old woman, testified that the defendant forced his way into her room at the Hotel Newburgh and brutally beat and raped her. As a result of this incident, she lost five teeth and received four sutures in the back of her head. The only issue on this appeal warranting discussion is the propriety…