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People v. Harris

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 10, 1972
281 N.E.2d 185 (N.Y. 1972)

Opinion

Argued January 13, 1972

Decided February 10, 1972

Appeal from the Supreme Court in the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts of the Second Judicial Department, ALBERT R. MURRAY, J.

Benjamin Heinrich, William E. Hellerstein, and Robert Kasanof for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney ( Raymond J. Scanlan and Harry Brodbar of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and GIBSON. Chief Judge FULD and Judges BREITEL and JASEN dissent and vote to modify by reversing the conviction of fraudulent accosting under former section 165.30 of the Penal Law upon the ground that the statute on which the prosecution was based was unconstitutionally vague.


Summaries of

People v. Harris

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 10, 1972
281 N.E.2d 185 (N.Y. 1972)
Case details for

People v. Harris

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHARLES A. HARRIS…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 10, 1972

Citations

281 N.E.2d 185 (N.Y. 1972)
281 N.E.2d 185
330 N.Y.S.2d 391

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