PEOPLE v. YEADEN


156 A.D.2d 208 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Yeaden, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 12, 1989


The evidence at trial showed that the defendant used his superior age, size and strength to pull his nine-year-old daughter down onto his bed and have sexual intercourse with her under circumstances in which she could not get away. The People's proof of forcible compulsion (Penal Law § 130.35 [1]) is not deficient for lack of proof of actual violent conduct (People v Bianchi, 55 A.D.2d 993, 994). Forcible compulsion was shown...

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