PEOPLE v. BETHUNE


105 A.D.2d 262 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Bethune, Appellant

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

December 31, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hellerstein (Mark C. Cogan of counsel), for appellant.

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Barbara D. Underwood, Roseann B. Mackechnie and Karen M. Wigle of counsel), for respondent.

BROWN, NIEHOFF and BOYERS, JJ., concur.


BRACKEN, J. P.

At defendant's trial for rape and related offenses, in which the issue of identity was hotly contested, the victim identified defendant as her assailant, and also testified that she had bitten his arm during the course of the attack. Expert testimony was then adduced to the effect that defendant did, in fact, have the scar of a human bite mark on his...

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