Legal Opinion
In re Lawrence S.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 1971PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
A petition filed in the Family Court, Bronx County, alleged that, on March 12, 1970, Lawrence S., the respondent herein, had committed an act of sodomy upon an eight-year-old boy and robbed him of 43 cents. After a fact-finding hearing was held, a determination was made that he had committed acts which, if done by an adult, would have constituted the crimes of sodomy in the first degree (Penal Law, § 130.50) and robbery in the third degree (Penal Law, § 160.05). A dispositional hearing followed—in which the respondent was assigned a law guardian—and he was subsequently…
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- United States v. Raphael PlattnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by39 opinions
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