Court of Appeals of New York

Defendant's conviction of rape in the second degree, to which he pled guilty, is reversed and remanded, where: 1) there is no indication in the record that the victim was mentally incapacitated as defined under the relevant statute; and 2) it is not clear that defendant had a clear understanding of what he was doing when he entered his plea.

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• Decided 06/05/2014
• Published 06/05/2014

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