People v Cooper

Holding The court affirmed the conviction, holding that the victims’ testimony regarding multiple instances of sexual contact was relevant to the endangering the welfare of a child charges and did not constitute improper evidence of uncharged bad acts. The court further determined that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence and that the sentence was not unduly harsh, though it corrected a clerical error regarding the concurrency of the sentences.

The court’s words

The incidents of sexual contact, however, were relevant to the counts of the indictment charging endangering the welfare of a child

2026 NY Slip Op 05884, at the official text

the language in the indictment here was broad enough to encompass all the sexual contact as testified to by the victim[s]

2026 NY Slip Op 05884, at the official text

we conclude that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence

2026 NY Slip Op 05884, at the official text

the uniform sentence and commitment form erroneously states that counts 3 and 4 run consecutively with all other counts

2026 NY Slip Op 05884, at the official text