People v. Cheatham

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Joy, J.), rendered September 1, 1987, convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and endangering the welfare of a minor, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the facts, the indictment is dismissed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for the purpose of entering an order in its discretion pursuant to CPL 160.50.

The defendant contends that the People failed to prove…