People v. Seminara (Thomas)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Thomas Seminara, Defendant-Appellant.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Kate Paek, J.), rendered November 4, 2016, convicting him of sexual abuse in the third degree, and resentencing him to a conditional discharge.

Judgment of conviction (Kate Paek, J.), rendered November 4, 2016, affirmed.

Where, as here, defendant controverted the allegation that the sex crime victim was less than eighteen years of age, the court was required to conduct a hearing on the issue "prior to…