PEOPLE v. GARCIA

77 KA 16-00875.

192 A.D.3d 1463 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 01571

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ruben Garcia, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.

Decided March 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARK D. FUNK , CONFLICT DEFENDER, ROCHESTER ( KATHLEEN P. REARDON OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

SANDRA DOORLEY , DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER ( SCOTT MYLES OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Present—Centra, J.P., Peradotto, NeMoyer, Winslow and Bannister, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law and a new trial is granted.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon a jury verdict, of rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35[1]). The alleged crime occurred in April 2005, but defendant was not charged until February 2014. We now reverse.

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