New York Court of Appeals

The People of the State of New York v. Stephen R. Cook

February 23, 199993 N.Y.2d 840

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division's order admitting evidence of the defendant's prior uncharged acts of violence toward the complainant, finding that the probative value of the evidence outweighed any prejudice and that it was admissible to prove the element of forcible compulsion in the rape charge.