Ordered that the judgment and amended judgment are affirmed.
We find no merit to the defendant's contention that the People failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the element of forcible compulsion necessary to sustain the convictions for sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree as charged in indictment No. 4182/86 (see, Penal Law § 130.00 [8]; § 130.50 [1]; § 130.65 [1]). The complainant's testimony indicates that while...
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