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People v. Tobey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 9, 1990
163 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

July 9, 1990

Appeal from the County Court, Dutchess County (Hillery, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the failure of the Trial Judge to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of rape in the third degree (see, Penal Law § 130.25) constituted reversible error. We do not agree.

In order to demonstrate that he was entitled to a lesser included offense charge, the defendant was required to show that "in all circumstances, not only in those presented in the particular case, it is impossible to commit the greater crime without concomitantly, by the same conduct, committing the lesser offense" (People v. Glover, 57 N.Y.2d 61, 63). Inasmuch as it is possible to commit the crime of rape in the first degree without concomitantly committing the crime of rape in the third degree, the Trial Judge did not err in denying the defendant's request for a charge on rape in the third degree. Moreover, there was no evidence to support a finding that the defendant committed the crime of rape in the third degree under Penal Law § 130.25 (2).

We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be unpreserved for appellate review, and, in any event, without merit. Mangano, P.J., Rubin, Rosenblatt and Miller, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Tobey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 9, 1990
163 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. Tobey

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEVIN EARL TOBEY…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jul 9, 1990

Citations

163 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
558 N.Y.S.2d 152

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