People v. Baker

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County (McGill, J.), rendered January 13, 2004, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.

Following a jury trial, defendant was acquitted of charges of rape in the second degree and sodomy in the second degree, as an accessory, and convicted of endangering the welfare of a child based on testimony that she asked her 12-year-old female cousin to have sexual relations with defendant’s 19-year-old boyfriend.

On her appeal, defendant contends that the verdicts acquitting her of accessorial conduct on…