Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marvin Fitzgerald, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-04-13
Citations: 129 A.D.2d 649
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Marvin Fitzgerald, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 129
Pages: 649–650

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Marvin Fitzgerald, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Delin, J.), rendered May 20, 1983, convicting him of rape in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Based on the complainant's testimony as to the defendant's use of physical force, the element of "forcible compulsion" (see, Penal Law former § 130.00 [8], as amended by L 1983, ch 449, § 1 [now § 130.00 [8] [a]) was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Mollen, P. J., Mangano, Eiber and Sullivan, JJ., concur.