Opinion
December 15, 1998
Appeal from the Family Court, Bronx County (John Hunt, J.).
The evidence was legally sufficient to establish that appellant intended to aid another participant in committing acts constituting sexual abuse and menacing, and the court's finding was not against the weight of the evidence. A reasonable inference can be drawn from appellant's proximity to the other participant and the victim, and the nature of the encounter, that appellant was aware of the forcible sexual contact taking place between them, and that appellant's act of holding the victim's leg by the ankle was intended to aid the other participant in prolonging the contact and preventing the victim's escape.
Concur — Lerner, P. J., Sullivan, Milonas, Rosenberger and Ellerin, JJ.