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N.Y. Penal Law § 130.16: Sex offenses; corroboration

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title H. Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation
  4. Article 130. Sex Offenses

§ 130.16 Sex offenses; corroboration.

A person shall not be convicted of any offense defined in this article

of which lack of consent is an element but results solely from

incapacity to consent because of the victim's mental defect, or mental

incapacity, or an attempt to commit the same, solely on the testimony of

the victim, unsupported by other evidence tending to:

(a) Establish that an attempt was made to engage the victim in vaginal

sexual contact, oral sexual contact, anal sexual contact, or sexual

contact, as the case may be, at the time of the occurrence; and

(b) Connect the defendant with the commission of the offense or

attempted offense.

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