Guilty verdicts on some counts are not rendered unreasonable or inconsistent by acquittals or hung verdicts on other counts involving the same complainant, where the convicted counts are distinctively supported by corroborative evidence absent from the other counts. The presence of supporting evidence from a third party (here, the complainant's mother) on the convicted charges, combined with the complainant's more specific recollection on those charges, provides a rational explanation for different verdicts sufficient to defeat an inconsistency challenge.
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