PEOPLE v. PELLEGRINO


86 Misc.2d 306 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Pasqual Pellegrino and Catherine S. Pellegrino, Defendants.

Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Queens County.

March 17, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Bitses for Catherine S. Pellegrino, defendant. Hyman J. Greenberg for Pasqual Pellegrino, defendant. Nicholas Ferraro, District Attorney (Thomas P. McCloskey of counsel), for plaintiff.


GEORGE J. BALBACH, J.

The defendants, prior to trial, seek an order precluding the District Attorney from offering evidence of prior acts and conduct of the defendants which resulted in a finding of "child abuse" by the Suffolk County Family Court. The victim of this alleged abuse was Lisa Somyk whose death in Queens County led to the present indictment.

The evidence in question was given in a 1972 Suffolk...

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