People v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Brown, J.), rendered November 17, 2000, convicting him of sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
As the People correctly concede, the trial court improperly denied the defendant’s right to fully cross-examine the victim when it prevented questions about a prior inconsistent statement to the effect that she did not believe that the defendant was armed. However, forcible compulsion does not require a finding that a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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