Following a nonjury trial, defendant was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.65 [1]) for molesting a teen-aged girl. We reject defendant's principal contention on appeal that the People failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt a necessary element of the charged crime by establishing that he subjected the victim to "sexual contact" by means of touching her for the purpose of gratifying his sexual desire (see...
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