Where multiple rape charges arise from a single course of conduct, verdicts of guilty on some charges and acquittal on another are not necessarily inconsistent where the element of reasonable belief in consent may have been satisfied for one incident but not others, due to material differences in the circumstances of each incident. Post-sentence evidence of a complainant's marriage does not, without more, demonstrate that the psychological impacts described in a victim impact statement had altered so as to warrant re-opening the sentencing discretion.
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