People v. Rood

Defendants move to dismiss two indictments charging them with committing the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. The same criminal acts are charged in both indictments, the one under section 483 of the former Penal Law and the other under section 260.10 of the Penal Law. The indictments allege that the defendants inflicted bruises and abrasions about the head and back of Patricia Bood, a child 22 months of age, and allowed the child to suffer from malnutrition.

Defendants move to dismiss the indictments upon the ground that the Family Court has exclusive, original jurisdiction of…