People v. Higgins

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schoharie County (Bartlett III, J.), rendered November 16, 2005, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal sexual act in the first degree, forcible touching, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree and menacing in the third degree.

Defendant and the victim were involved in a romantic relationship for several years. Following an incident in which defendant was thrown out of a bar where the victim worked, they had an altercation at the victim’s residence during which defendant admittedly threw a glass of water in…