People v. Hughes

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), rendered June 5, 2012 in Albany County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of predatory sexual assault against a child, rape in the first degree, rape in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child (three counts).

When the police located defendant’s 16-year-old stepdaughter after she ran away from home, she told them that she had been subjected to physical and sexual abuse by the 39-year-old defendant. He then voluntarily spoke with police and, in a video-recorded interview, gave a written statement in which…