Court of Appeals of Washington· 6/19/1989

State v. McKnight

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774 P.2d 532
54 Wash. App. 521
1989 Wash. App. LEXIS 187

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concluding that a reasonable juror could find resistance where the rape victim was “physically weak,” young, and alone with the defendant
upholding a second degree rape conviction where the victim protested verbally, but did not physically resist, and the defendant slowly pushed the victim to a prone position on the couch and removed her clothes
forcible compulsion exists only if the force exerted by the perpetrator was directed at overcoming the victim's resistance and was more than that which is normally required to achieve penetration
where the court found “no rational basis for requiring resistance to be manifest in all cases by physical means, and in fact, [was] persuaded that public policy considerations militate against such a requirement”

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Judges: Coleman, Forrest

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