People v. Esposito

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), rendered January 9, 2006, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, assault in the second degree (five counts) and endangering the welfare of a child.

Defendant, having grown frustrated with the crying of a three-year-old child he was babysitting, beat the boy with a belt, bit him on the face and inserted a battery into his rectum. As a result, defendant pleaded guilty to a seven-count indictment charging him with aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree,…