PEOPLE v. COPP


169 Misc.2d 757 (1996)

648 N.Y.S.2d 492

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. David Copp, Defendant.

City Court of Rochester.

January 3, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender of Monroe County, Rochester (Marianne Piccirili Zuk of counsel), for defendant. Howard R. Relin, District Attorney of Monroe County, Rochester (Christopher Johnson of counsel), for plaintiff.


MELCHOR E. CASTRO, J.

The defendant is charged with the crime of sexual misconduct, second degree. In this motion, he challenges the facial sufficiency of the accusatory instrument. The question presented to the court is whether natural, uninduced sleep constitutes being in a physically helpless condition from which one may be deemed incapable of consenting to deviate sexual intercourse. The information alleges...

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