People v. Foster

In full satisfaction of an indictment charging him with criminal sexual act in the third degree and 19 counts of rape in the third degree, defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in the third degree. At sentencing, the 16-year-old victim provided -County Court with a copy of a letter that she had written to defense counsel in which she claimed, among other things, that her initial statement to the police was false and that an Assistant District Attorney had counseled her to falsely testify. Specifically, the victim wrote that she “only had sex 2 or 3 maybe 4” times with defendant but…