Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York
rape charges
how can someone be charged with 1count of 1st degree rape and 1 count of 3rd degree rape on one day, then it goes in front of a grandjury and they indicte him 2 counts of 1st degree rape and 2 counts of 3rd degree rape on his girlfriend?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: rape charges
Generally, they base their charges on incidents... Meaning if there are two diffrent charges fir rape 1 then they are claiming sex occured twice that same date... Otherwise one charge must be dismissed.
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Re: rape charges
The Grand Jury is not bound by what the initial charges. They do their own investigation and arrive at their own conclusions.
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I have over 35 years of experience in these matters.
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