People v. Crowell

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (LaBuda, J.), rendered November 13, 2012, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree (two counts) and course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree (two counts).

On April 17, 2008, the victims (twins born in 1997) disclosed to a school counselor and, subsequently, a State Police investigator that defendant had subjected them to repeated *1363acts of sexual abuse over the course of several years. That same day, defendant was arrested and charged in a…