People v. Aquino

In People v. Aquino, 2002 WL 1312674 (App. Term. 1st Dept. 2002), the Appellate Term, First Department, held that an information alleging that the defendant left her five-year-old child and a seven-month-old infant alone in a Bronx apartment at night made out a prima facie case of a violation of 260.20(2), even though it did not specify the length of the period during which the children were unattended. The court noted that "the complex question of whether the children were neglected ... is a factual matter appropriately left for trial." Id.