Opinion
March 16, 1990
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Doyle, J.
Present — Callahan, J.P., Doerr, Green, Pine and Lawton, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to defendant's contention that the evidence of forcible compulsion was legally insufficient to support his conviction of two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree. Viewing the evidence at trial in the light most favorable to the People, we find that there was a valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences to lead a rational person to the conclusion reached by the jury (see, People v Thompson, 72 N.Y.2d 410, 413, rearg denied 73 N.Y.2d 870; see, e.g., People v O'Donnell, 138 A.D.2d 896, lv denied 72 N.Y.2d 864; People v Gonzalez, 136 A.D.2d 735, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 896; People v Pepples, 135 A.D.2d 581, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 900; People v Gregory ZZ., 134 A.D.2d 814, 816-817, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 905). We also conclude that the verdict was not against the weight of the credible evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495).
We have examined defendant's remaining arguments and find them equally lacking merit.