People v. Martin

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered February 2, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of sodomy in the third degree and perjury in the third degree.

Defendant was indicted for sodomy in the third degree for committing an act of oral sex with a 14-year-old boy on February 10, 1983. Defendant was also indicted for perjury in the first degree for making material false statements while testifying under oath at the trial of Thomas Danz, described as defendant’s homosexual lover. A jury found defendant guilty of sodomy in the third…