PEOPLE v. LEWIS


29 N.Y.2d 923 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carlton Earl Lewis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Walter Gross for appellant.

Robert H. Ecker, District Attorney, for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur in Per Curiam opinion; Chief Judge FULD concurs in a separate opinion.


Per Curiam.

Reaching the issue, left open by our decision in People v. Nuernberger (25 N.Y.2d 179, 182), whether incest is an act within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the Family Court conferred by sections 812 and 813 of the Family Court Act, we conclude that it is not. Neither the original enactment of section 812 specifying disorderly conduct and assault nor its...

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