People v. Collins

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Stephen G. Crane, J., at trial with a jury), rendered February 8, 1989, convicting defendant of rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree and sentencing defendant to concurrent, indeterminate terms of imprisonment of 6 to 18 years and 2⅓ to 7 years, respectively, is unanimously affirmed.

At trial, defendant’s stepdaughter testified that defendant raped her on her eighth birthday. The attack occurred while she and defendant were home alone, and it was not until months later that the youngster told her cousin of the attack. The…