The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the convictions vacated and the indictment dismissed.
To sustain the conviction of rape in the first degree under the then applicable provisions of the Penal Law (§§ 130.35, 130.15), there must have been corroborative evidence, inter alia, of the element of "forcible compulsion". The People urge three items of proof as meeting this...
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