People v. Pellegrino

The defendants, prior to trial, seek an order precluding the District Attorney from offering evidence of prior acts and conduct of the defendants which resulted in a finding of "child abuse” by the Suffolk County Family Court. The victim of this alleged abuse was Lisa Somyk whose death in Queens County led to the present indictment.

*307The evidence in question was given in a 1972 Suffolk Family Court hearing and the minutes of this proceeding are no longer in existence. It is this fact which furnishes the basis of the present application since the defendants allege a violation of their Rosario…