People v. Karney

Upon this appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County, rendered upon a verdict, convicting defendant of the crime of carnal abuse of a child (Penal Law, § 483-a), the only proof offered by the prosecution to establish defendant's guilt consisted of defendant’s alleged confession and the testimony of the complaining witness, a seven-year-old girl. Her testimony was merely that defendant “ touched ” her once, but where was shown, in the language of the trial transcript, by “indicating”; and since the record does not disclose nor even suggest the part of her body so indicated,…