A jury's acquittal on some counts and conviction on others in a multi-count sexual offence indictment does not, on its own, establish inconsistent verdicts warranting appellate intervention. Where the complainant's evidence on the acquitted counts is less cogent than on the convicted counts due to specific evidentiary weaknesses (here, inconsistencies in timing of the last offending), the verdicts are reconcilable.
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