People v. Cridelle

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County, rendered December 27, 1978, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of sodomy in the first degree, assault in the second degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. Defendant was charged by indictment with having committed the crimes of attempted rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, and two counts of assault in the second degree. At the close of the evidence, the trial court dismissed the kidnapping charge and one of the assault charges. The court, however, submitted…