In re Danny R.

OPINION OF THE COURT

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 16 years of age or older, would have constituted the crime of robbery in the second degree. (Penal Law, § 160.10.) To sustain this finding, we must conclude that the…