The presence or absence of complaint evidence corroborating a complainant's account provides a rational basis for a jury to convict on some counts and acquit on others in multi-count child sexual assault cases, without the acquittals necessarily indicating doubt about the complainant's credibility generally. Amendments to the indictment during trial, directed verdicts on counts where no evidence was given, and the chronological ordering of counts may also provide rational explanations for differential verdicts.
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