AN APPEALS COURT JUDGE HAS UPHELD A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY’S VERDICT OF A MAN CONVICTED OF REPEATEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HIS STEPDAUGHTER. JEFFERY RATLIFF IS CURRENTLY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY ON SIX COUNTS OF INCEST AND RAPE OF A CHILD, ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY AND ONE COUNT OF ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR.