People ex rel. Makin v. Walter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBastow, J.
This appeal presents the question as to whether a person over 18 years of age who carnally abuses an infant of the age of 10 years (one who has reached the 10th birthday but has not reached the 11th birthday) is guilty of a felony (Penal Law, § 483-a) or a misdemeanor (Penal Law, § 483-b).
Chapter 383 of the Laws of 1927 inserted a new section 483-a in the Penal Law making such an act a felony if committed by a male person 18 years of age or over on “ a female child of the age of ten years or under ”. In 1929 section 483-b was inserted in the Penal Law (L. 1929, eh. 684). This made it a…
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