People v. Grier

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Mathews, J.), rendered June 18, 1999, upon a verdict convicting defendant of two counts of the crime of sodomy in the second degree.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of sodomy in the second degree stemming from allegations that he twice engaged in deviate sexual intercourse with his paramour’s grandson (hereinafter the victim) when the boy was 13 years old. He was sentenced to two consecutive 1 to 7-year indeterminate prison terms and now appeals. At trial, the victim unequivocally testified that…