State v. L. P.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LEFELT, J.A.D.

A Mercer County jury convicted defendant L.P. of two counts of first-degree aggravated assault and of endangering a child’s welfare for sexually penetrating his niece, Lucy (a fictitious name), during two separate time periods when Lucy was less than thirteen years old and when she was older than thirteen but less than sixteen. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a); N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a). While defendant’s assaults preceded and included the time periods for *229which L.P. was indicted and convicted, he was charged solely with those assaults commencing on the…