The verdict of guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree was not against the weight of the evidence. The jury had ample basis upon which to conclude that when defendant, during the course of a violent attack upon the victim, lifted the victim's skirt and rubbed her vaginal area, he did so for the purpose of sexual gratification (Penal Law § 130.00 [3]) and not inadvertently.
Defendant's claim that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish the element...
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