People v. Baier

Appeals by defendants from two judgments of the County Court, Nassau County, one as to each defendant, both rendered January 19, 1978, convicting each of them of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentences. Judgments reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Defendants were indicted for, inter alia, rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree. The complainant, 15 years old at the time…