People v. Muirhead

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), rendered October 20, 2008, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree.

Defendant was charged in a six-count indictment with various crimes arising out of his sexual abuse of a young victim and subsequent efforts to intimidate her into recanting her allega*1259tions. County Court denied defendant’s motion to suppress certain statements he made to a caseworker with the St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services. Thereafter, defendant…