1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.D.3d
  4. 195 A.D.3d
  5. 195 A.D.3d 522 (2021)
 

PEOPLE v. ZARAGOZA

Ind. No. 57562/10. Appeal No. 14091. Case No. 2016-01116.

195 A.D.3d 522 (2021)

145 N.Y.S.3d 787

2021 NY Slip Op 03915

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alejandro Zaragoza, Appellant.

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

Decided June 17, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Richard Joselson of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Elizabeth T. Schmidt of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kapnick, González, Shulman, JJ.

The complaint was legally insufficient to support the forcible touching charge; therefore, with respect to that charge only, the prosecutor's information was jurisdictionally defective (People v Alejandro, 70 N.Y.2d 133, 136 [1987]). The actus reus of forcible touching (Penal Law § 130.52) is "any bodily contact involving the application of some level of pressure to the victim's sexual...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases