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Evidence Insufficient to Support Attempted Rape Conviction, Ordering Victim to Take Off Her Clothes, Without More, Was Not Enough

The Second Department determined the evidence did not support the attempted rape conviction. Although it could be inferred defendant intended to commit a sexual offense (he twice told the victim to take off her clothes), he never touched the victim, made a verbal demand for sex, or removed any of his clothes:

… [W]e find that it was legally insufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of attempted rape in the first degree beyond a reasonable doubt. The complainant testified that she was sleeping in her bedroom when she awakened to find the defendant, who had entered her house through a window, standing in her bedroom. He initially demanded money from her. After she told him twice that she had none, he yelled at her “take your clothes off.” He then walked around the left side of the bed towards her, again yelled “take your clothes off,” and pulled back her bed covers. After he pulled down the covers, she began screaming and he turned and ran out. There was no evidence that the defendant touched the complainant or that he made a verbal demand to have sexual intercourse with her. Additionally, there was no evidence that the defendant undressed or that any of the complainant’s clothes were removed.

Although it could be reasonably inferred from the evidence adduced at trial that the defendant intended to engage in some type of criminal sexual conduct, it cannot be inferred that he attempted to engage in sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion pursuant to Penal Law § 130.35(1) … . People v Mais, 2015 NY Slip Op 08195, 2nd Dept 11-12-15

 

November 12, 2015
Tags: APPEALS, ATTEMPTED RAPE, LEGALLY SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE, RAPE, Second Department, SEXUAL OFFENSES
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