People v. Seaton

Chief Judge Fuld.

The defendant herein was convicted, on her plea of guilty, of the crime of “ wilfully ” causing or permitting her children to be “ placed in such a situation * * * that * * * life or limb [was] endangered,” and “health [was] likely to be impaired ” (Penal Law, § 483, subd. 2), and sentenced to prison. According to the information, the defend-

*406ant’s children, both infants, were found, inadequately clothed on a street in Troy at 6:30 in the morning during a rainstorm. It is the defendant’s claim—as set forth in her affidavit on appeal — that she had left her children at the home…