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People Vs Evans Case Study

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For my second case, I choice People v. Evans, which was the United States Supreme Court, decide in 1975.
Referring the book “Criminal Law 11th Edition by Joel Samaha, in the chapter 10 pg.359-362 in the case People v. Evans”.
Martin Evans was charge with first-degree rape and the judge released him of rape in a first degree, but he was found guilty with a lesser offense of criminal trespass with a second-degree offense and with an escape in second degree, by the Supreme Court trial in New York County. The event happened in New York City on July 15, 1974 were a 37 year old man named Martin Evans met a attractive petite girl named Lucy Elizabeth Peterson of Charlotte, North Carolina, a 20 year old at La Guardia Airport. Lucy Peterson a student at Wellesley College, she arrived to New York City a City where she didn’t know that much. Evans saw this lady by accident in the airport and he started a conversation with Miss Peterson, …show more content…

Referring that there was no type of physical abuse, or any type of violation that can find him guilty of rape. The court ruled in this way based on the facts that a young and inexperienced girl could not avoid or resist to avoid this events with Evans, and that Evans didn’t show any type of abuse on her, and that is not criminal conduct for male to kept their promises, in how he get Miss Peterson attention with false statements and how he play with sympathy with her. The court ruled in this way because of all this facts and the violence, force and threats are totally out on this case meaning that the Court decision released him of rape, but he was charge and found guilty with two lesser offenses, trespassing on Heinz Patzak’s apartment and from escaping from the police and a second-degree offense. Referring the book “Criminal Law 11th Edition by Joel Samaha, in the chapter 10 pg.359-362 in the case People v.

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