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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

69 N.Y.2d 321 (1987)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Kay Huff and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Kevin D. McLoone and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judge ALEXANDER taking no part.

SIMONS, J.

Defendant has been convicted of committing incest* with his 14-year-old daughter and sentenced to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison. He is now on parole pursuant to that sentence. He contends on appeal that the judgment must be reversed, first, because the People failed to produce sufficient evidence that the victim was his daughter and that he knew she was, and second, because...

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