PEOPLE v. MERFERT


87 Misc.2d 803 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Sarah Marion Merfert et al., Defendants.

County Court, Dutchess County.

August 13, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Spiegel for Sarah Marion Merfert, defendant. John R. King, District Attorney (William G. Stanton of counsel), for plaintiff.


ALBERT M. ROSENBLATT, J.

The defendant Merfert, a female, moves to dismiss an indictment in which she is charged with the crime of rape in the first degree in violation of subdivision 1 of section 130.35 of the Penal Law.

Merfert is indicted jointly with two males and bases her dismissal motion on the contention that, being a female, she is legally and factually incapable of committing rape. She further...

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