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People v. Cohen

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 30, 1965
213 N.E.2d 887 (N.Y. 1965)

Opinion

Argued November 29, 1965

Decided December 30, 1965

Appeal from the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, JOHN M. MURTAGH, P.J., BENJAMIN GASSMAN and BERNARD J. O'CONNELL, JJ., WILLIAM E. RINGEL, P.J., MORTON R. TOLLERIS and PELHAM S. BISSELL, 3d, JJ.

Ralph J. Schwarz, Jr., Stanley Hendricks and Albert L. Richter for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney ( Robert B. Sperling and H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.


Judgment reversed and information dismissed upon the ground that the pictures in the record are not obscene within the holdings of People v. Moran ( 15 N.Y.2d 926); People v. Revo ( 15 N.Y.2d 743); Larkin v. G.I. Distrs. ( 14 N.Y.2d 869) ; People v. Richmond County News ( 9 N.Y.2d 578).

Concur: Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS and BERGAN. Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges BURKE and SCILEPPI dissent and vote to affirm ( People v. Cobert, 15 N.Y.2d 1020; People v. Peskin, 16 N.Y.2d 511).


Summaries of

People v. Cohen

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 30, 1965
213 N.E.2d 887 (N.Y. 1965)
Case details for

People v. Cohen

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NORMAN COHEN…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 30, 1965

Citations

213 N.E.2d 887 (N.Y. 1965)
213 N.E.2d 887
266 N.Y.S.2d 805