A jury found our client not guilty following a one week trial in Ontario County.  Our client was facing a mandatory state prison sentence of up to 25 years on charges including   criminal sexual act in the first degree. Senior Associate Brian N. Tedd and Partner Clifton C. Carden, III led the trial team.  They convinced the jury there was reasonable doubt as to whether the victim had faced forcible compulsion or did not consent to sexual contact.  A lack of forensic evidence pointing to our client, as well as multiple inconsistencies in the victim’s testimony, left insufficient evidence for the prosecutors to meet their burden of proof, a point capitalized on at all critical phases of the case, from opening statements, through cross-examination and summation.