Discrepancies in a sexual assault complainant's evidence relating to peripheral details (distance, body position, sequence of events) do not undermine the core account where the central allegation is powerfully consistent and supported by immediate complaint. Acquittals on choking and aggravated sexual assault charges are reconcilable with a conviction for sexual intercourse without consent where the jury could have accepted the complainant's account of sexual assault while not being satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the additional elements, particularly where the physical evidence of choking was equivocal and the immediate complaints focused on rape rather than choking.
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