People v. Price

— Casey, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nicandri, J.), rendered December 17, 1986, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of sodomy in the second degree and sexual abuse in the second degree.

An investigation against defendant for sexual abuse of two minor boys commenced on December 4, 1985 as the result of a complaint made to State Police Investigator Richard Babcock by the mother of one of the boys. Although both boys initially denied any sexual activity with defendant, they subsequently, on December 6, 1985, admitted it and signed statements…