PEOPLE v. DANCEY


84 A.D.2d 763 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Linda Dancey, Also Known as Linda Hickman, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 9, 1981


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant requested the assistance of police officers, because she was locked out of her apartment and her five-month-old baby was in a plastic bag within the apartment. Responding to her request, and pursuant to their obligation to help people in distress, the officers broke into the apartment. Defendant directed the officers to a closet, where the baby was found "apparently deceased". At this point defendant was accusing her husband of placing...

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