New York legal term
Forcible compulsion in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Forcible compulsion” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Forcible compulsion” mean in New York criminal law?
"Forcible compulsion" means to compel by either: a. use of physical force; or b. a threat, express or implied, which places a person in fear of immediate death or physical injury to himself, herself or another person, or in fear that he, she or another person will immediately be kidnapped. 9. (N.Y. Penal Law § 130.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree
- Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree
- Rape in the first degree
- Sexual abuse in the first degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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