People v. Raymond

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), rendered January 13, 2009, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of sexual abuse in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

Defendant was awakened by State Police and arrested in his home based upon his eight-year-old daughter’s allegation that he had sexually touched her the night before. He was thereafter charged with sexual abuse in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child. At a suppression hearing, the investigator who interviewed defendant testified that,…