Unanimously reversed, on the law, the plea vacated and the case remanded for further proceedings.
A person commits the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree when he subjects another person to sexual contact by "forcible compulsion" (Penal Law, § 130.65, subd 1). "Forcible compulsion" is defined as physical force that overcomes earnest resistance; "or a threat, express or implied, that places a person in fear of immediate death or serious physical injury to...
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