The People met their burden of establishing defendant's guilt of first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse by proving beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant subjected the victim to sexual intercourse while she was unable to consent due to being physically helpless, since she was asleep when the intercourse started. Although it is undisputed that defendant had been drinking heavily that night, defendant failed to meet his burden of establishing by a preponderance of...
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