People v. Henson

Chief Judge Fuld.

The defendant-appellants, Charles and Marlene Henson, stand convicted, among other crimes, of criminally negligent homicide (Penal Law, § 125.10) in connection with the death in 1970 of their four-year-old son Kip. They *66seek a reversal on essentially two grounds: first, that the evidence fails to establish their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and, second, that the introduction into evidence of matters concerning the defendants’ alleged prior conduct toward Kip constituted reversible error.

Kip’s brief and unfortunate life ended sometime before noon on Sunday, August 23, 1970.…