People v. Peetz

The basic question presented is the sufficiency of the evidence supporting an indictment returned by the Kings County Grand Jury charging the defendant with the crime of manslaughter, second degree. He is accused of throwing his infant son into a baby carriage while in the heat of passion, thereby inflicting fatal injuries. The defendant’s motions to dismiss the indictment before trial following the inspection of the Grand Jury minutes and to dismiss the indictment at the trial for the failure of the prosecution to prove a prima facie case were denied.

The degree of evidence sufficient to…