Opinion ID: 1277356
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Sexual Offenses Committed Against Amy

Text: Defendant contends that the evidence relating to the sexual offenses committed against Amy was insufficient. In fact, however, the evidence was abundant. Amy's own testimony, which provided graphic detail of the attack, would have been sufficient by itself. That testimony was corroborated by physical evidence: seminal fluid was found on Amy's slip, bruises and abrasions were found on her body, her perineum was injured and there was much sand in this area, and sand-type particles also were found inside her vagina. In addition to the emergency room physician's testimony voicing the opinion that Amy had been sexually assaulted, and Amy's own testimony to the same effect, the physical evidence clearly was sufficient to support defendant's conviction of the sexual offenses committed against her. [18]