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Albany v. Lee

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 24, 1981
53 N.Y.2d 633 (N.Y. 1981)

Opinion

Argued February 10, 1981

Decided March 24, 1981

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, ROBERT C. WILLIAMS, J.

Dennis B. Schlenker for appellant.

John E. Roe, Corporation Counsel (James D. Linnan of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed for reasons set forth in the memorandum at the Appellate Division. To this we but add the observation that, in the application of this ordinance to the appellant, "The Constitution * * * does not require impossible standards; it is enough that the language used `"conveys sufficiently definite warnings as to the proscribed conduct when measured by common understanding and practices"'" (People v Illardo, 48 N.Y.2d 408, 414, quoting Miller v California, 413 U.S. 15, 27-28, n 10).

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.


Summaries of

Albany v. Lee

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 24, 1981
53 N.Y.2d 633 (N.Y. 1981)
Case details for

Albany v. Lee

Case Details

Full title:CITY OF ALBANY, Respondent, v. DONNA LEE, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 24, 1981

Citations

53 N.Y.2d 633 (N.Y. 1981)
438 N.Y.S.2d 782
420 N.E.2d 974

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