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People v. Peters

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 19, 1970
257 N.E.2d 655 (N.Y. 1970)

Opinion

Argued January 20, 1970

Decided February 19, 1970

Appeal from the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, JOHN J. RYAN, P.J., JAMES RANDALL CREEL and MICHAEL M. SKODNICK, JJ., ANTHONY E. MAGLIO, P.J., GEORGE S. RADER and MICHAEL M. SKODNICK, JJ.

Julia P. Heit and Milton Adler for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney ( Raoul Lerow of counsel), for respondent.


Judgment affirmed. Corroboration of the complainant's testimony was not required since the assaults of which the defendant stands convicted were found to be completely independent of the earlier act of consummated rape charged by the complainant. (See, e.g., People v. Moore, 23 N.Y.2d 565; People v. Lennon, 22 N.Y.2d 677.) No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

People v. Peters

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 19, 1970
257 N.E.2d 655 (N.Y. 1970)
Case details for

People v. Peters

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WALTER PETERS…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 19, 1970

Citations

257 N.E.2d 655 (N.Y. 1970)
257 N.E.2d 655
309 N.Y.S.2d 209

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