Current through 2024 NY Law Chapters 1-50, 52-55, 57, 61-117
Section 130.16 - [Effective Until 9/1/2024] Sex offenses; corroborationA person shall not be convicted of any offense defined in this article of which lack of consent is an element but results solely from incapacity to consent because of the victim's mental defect, or mental incapacity, or an attempt to commit the same, solely on the testimony of the victim, unsupported by other evidence tending to:
(a) Establish that an attempt was made to engage the victim in sexual intercourse , oral sexual conduct , anal sexual conduct , or sexual contact, as the case may be, at the time of the occurrence; and(b) Connect the defendant with the commission of the offense or attempted offense.Amended by New York Laws 2024, ch. 23,Sec. 45, eff. 1/30/2024.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.