Legal Opinion

People v. Lewis

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 26, 1987PublishedCited by 142 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Simons, J.

Defendant has been convicted of committing incest* with his 14-year-old daughter and sentenced to 116 to 4 years in prison. He is now on parole pursuant to that sentence. He contends on appeal that the judgment must be reversed, first, because the People failed to produce sufficient evidence that the victim was his daughter and that he knew she was, and second, because the trial court erroneously permitted the victim to testify to prior uncharged incestuous acts he allegedly committed with her. There is sufficient evidence in the record to support the conviction…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  3. People v. VentimigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. People v. AllweissNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. People v. ElyNew York Court of Appeals · 1986

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3Cited by142 opinions

  1. People v. AlvinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. HudyNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. People v. ScarolaNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. State v. BernardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  5. People v. DormNew York Court of Appeals · 2009

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