People v. Beddoe

During the early morning hours of September 21, 1980, the complainant was raped and sodomized in the bedroom of her home by an intruder whom she recognized to be defendant. Defendant was subsequently indicted by a Queens County Grand Jury and charged with rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree (three counts), burglary in the first degree, assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Two of the sodomy counts (Nos. 3 and 4 of the indictment) charged defendant with committing the same criminal act. The court ultimately found defendant…