Legal Opinion

In re Melvin C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 28, 1993Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Harold J. Lynch, J.), entered August 7, 1992, which, after a fact-finding hearing, adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, based upon a finding that the appellant committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would constitute grand larceny in the fourth degree, and placed him on probation for a period of 15 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In the absence of a showing that the Family Court’s determination of credibility is clearly unsupported by the record, the court’s rejection of appellant’s duress claim will not be disturbed. In any…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. VespaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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