PEOPLE v. ALLEN


27 N.Y.2d 108 (1970)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ernest Allen, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hugh Echols, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Roy Christmas, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Berkman and Milton Adler for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney of Kings County (Stanley M. Meyer of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Juris G. Cederbaums and Milton Adler for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Burton B. Roberts, District Attorney of Bronx County (Michael F. Youdovin and Marian Blank Belenky of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Matthew Muraskin and James J. McDonough for appellant in the third above-entitled action.

William Cahn, District Attorney of Nassau County (Henry P. DeVine of counsel), for respondent in the third above-entitled action.

In People v. Christmas: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON concur.


JASEN, J.

In 1962, the Legislature enacted section 812 of the Family Court Act, vesting the Family Court with "exclusive original jurisdiction over any proceeding concerning acts which would constitute disorderly conduct or an assault between spouses or between parent and child or between members of the same family or household." Subsequently, the act was amended to...

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