MATTER OF DANNY


50 N.Y.2d 1026 (1980)

In the Matter of Danny R., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eve Cary, William E. Hellerstein and Charles Schinitsky for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Roseann MacKecknie and Sonya Kornblum of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur; Judge JONES dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Chief Judge COOKE and Judge MEYER concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

While we agree with appellant's contention that it was error for Family Court to receive, over objection, the arresting officer's hearsay testimony as to the identity of the change purse, this error was, in our opinion, harmless.

Family Court, after a fact-finding hearing, determined that appellant had committed acts which, if done by a person...

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