PEOPLE v. ARCHER


232 A.D.2d 820 (1996)

649 N.Y.S.2d 204

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James L. Archer, Appellant

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

October 24, 1996


White, J.

Defendant's initial argument on this appeal is that the jury's verdict finding him guilty of two counts of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree is not supported by legally sufficient evidence in that there is no proof of forcible compulsion.* As relevant here,

"`Forcible compulsion' means to compel by either: "* * * use of physical force; or

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