People v. Farren

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nicandri, J.), rendered May 23, 1991, convicting defendant following a nonjury trial of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree.

Following a nonjury trial, defendant was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.65 [1]) for molesting a teen-aged girl. We reject defendant’s principal contention on appeal that the People failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt a necessary element of the charged crime by establishing that he subjected the victim to “sexual contact” by means of touching her for the…