PEOPLE v. PATTERSON


51 A.D.2d 561 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Patterson, Appellant

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

January 19, 1976


Judgment modified, on the law, by reversing defendant's conviction of rape in the first degree and the sentence imposed thereon, and the said count is dismissed. As so modified, judgment affirmed.

In our opinion, the corroboration of the rape required under the statute then in effect (Penal Law, § 130.15) was insufficient with respect to the identification of the defendant. The other evidence in the record amply sustains the convictions of robbery in the third...

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