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Sexual Offense Convictions Reversed as Against the Weight of the Evidence—Too Many Inconsistencies and Contradictions in Proof

The Second Department reversed defendant’s convictions on sexual offenses as against the weight of the evidence:

The testimony of the prosecution’s witnesses failed to provide a credible foundation for the defendant’s convictions due to numerous inconsistencies and contradictions. * * *

…[T]the prosecution’s witnesses testified that the defendant and the mother separated in 2002, and, at the time, the defendant had already moved out of the home where the abuse allegedly took place. Thus, many of the alleged incidents of abuse took place after the defendant had moved out of the home and no longer had a key to it. From 2003 to 2005, a restraining order that the mother obtained against the defendant was in effect, and the mother confirmed that, during one period of time in 2004, the defendant conducted all of his visits with the children outside of the home. The testimony of the prosecution’s witnesses was generally inconsistent as to whether, during the other visits, the defendant stayed alone with the children in the mother’s home, or whether the grandmother or the mother was always present. In any event, although the younger stepdaughter alleged that the defendant molested her twice per week between 2000 and 2004, the trial testimony clearly established that the defendant’s access to the children was often limited after he moved out of the mother’s home in 2002.  People v McMitchell, 2013 NY Slip Op 06713, 2nd Dept 10-16-13

 

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Robbery Conviction Against Weight of Evidence—Hand In Pocket Not Evidence... Waiver of Appeal Not Effective