PEOPLE v. SCULLY


134 Misc.2d 906 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Patrick Scully, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

March 13, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Cynthia Alksane of counsel), for plaintiff. Stanley Lafazan for defendant.


BRUCE ALLEN, J.

The issue raised in this nonjury trial was as follows: should a parent (here, the father) be held criminally liable for allowing his spouse, a drug addict, to live with and have access to their infant daughter during a period of time when the child is being abused? Based on the following analysis, I conclude that the father has committed the offense of endangering the welfare of a child (Penal...

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