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PEOPLE v. PEELE

12 N.Y.2d 890 (1963)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alphonso Peele, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 23, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nanette Dembitz and Anthony F. Marra for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Joseph A. Phillips and H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, FOSTER and SCILEPPI concur.

Per Curiam.

Since juvenile delinquency adjudications are not convictions of crime either in New York or Virginia (see former N. Y. City Dom. Rel. Ct. Act, § 84 and former Children's Ct. Act, § 45, subd. 4; Family Ct. Act, § 781; Code of Virginia, § 16.1-179), it was erroneous and improper at this trial to use such an adjudication, made in Virginia, as a "criminal conviction" to impeach the testimony...

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