People v. Cohen

OPINION OF THE COURT

Alfred Clifford Tisch, J.

At the conclusion of a trial that lasted almost three calendar weeks, a jury convicted the defendant of nine counts of sodomy in the first degree, seven counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree, eight counts of sexual abuse in the third degree and one count of endangering the welfare of a child. The jury found that the defendant was guilty of 27 of the 63 counts of child molestation charged in the indictment involving six boys who were between the ages of 9 and 17 when the alleged incidents…