People v. Ruiz

96 A.D.2d 603, 465 N.Y.S.2d 297, 1983 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 19135

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: July 25, 1983
• Status: Published

Opinion

— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Canudo, J.), rendered August 19,1980, convicting him of rape in the first degree (four counts), sexual abuse in the first degree (four counts), sodomy in the first degree (three counts), kidnapping in the second degree, assault in the third degree and menacing, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction for kidnapping in the second degree, and the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissing the said count. As so modified, judgment affirmed. The conviction for kidnapping in the second degree cannot stand because the evidence revealed that any detention of the victim was incidental to the crimes of rape and sexual abuse (see People v Cassidy, 40 NY2d 763; see, also, People v Webster, 54 AD2d 703; People v Fraser, 54 AD2d 965; People v Ghee, 53 AD2d 699; People v Mabery, 51 AD2d 557). We have considered the other arguments raised by the defendant and have found them to be without merit. Damiani, J. P., Lazer, Thompson and Gulotta, JJ., concur.