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People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jul 12, 1989
152 A.D.2d 989 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

July 12, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Gorman, J.

Present — Dillon, P.J., Doerr, Pine, Balio and Lawton, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Evidence that defendant pulled the 13-year-old victim from his pickup truck, led her by the arm into the house, ripped her shirt off, threw her on the sofa and pressed on her shoulders during intercourse constituted legally sufficient proof of forcible compulsion (see, Penal Law § 130.00; People v Fuller, 50 N.Y.2d 628; People v Bermudez, 109 A.D.2d 674, appeal dismissed 67 N.Y.2d 758).

We find that the jury verdict was not contrary to the weight of evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495). Defendant's claims of prosecutorial misconduct are not preserved for our review (CPL 470.05), and the exercise of our discretion in the interest of justice (CPL 470.15 [a]) is not warranted.


Summaries of

People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jul 12, 1989
152 A.D.2d 989 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE WILLIAMS…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Jul 12, 1989

Citations

152 A.D.2d 989 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
543 N.Y.S.2d 596

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