People v. Gilbert

Defendant herein, a woman in her late twenties, is charged with violation of section 245.00 of the Penal Law, public lewdness, in that she removed her bathing suit in a public place and acted in a lewd manner.

The testimony at the trial revealed in substance that the defendant, after water-skiing in a one-piece bathing suit, landed on Mill Island, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York, a public beach on August 19, 1972 at approximately midday. Defendant was accompanied by two unidentified companions, one male and one female. Present on the beach within 100 feet of the defendant were approximately…