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People v. Dioquardo

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 13, 1952
303 N.Y. 514 (N.Y. 1952)

Summary

In People v. Dioquardo (303 N.Y. 514) the court said at page 515: "The information charges a violation of section 722 of the Penal Law by name although not by section number.

Summary of this case from People v. Ryan

Opinion

Argued January 14, 1952

Decided March 13, 1952

Appeal from the Suffolk County Court, SHAW, J.P.

Sol Gordon and Sidney R. Siben for appellant.

Lindsay R. Henry, District Attorney ( Harry C. Brenner of counsel), for respondent.


The information charges a violation of section 722 of the Penal Law by name although not by section number. There is no requirement that the section number be mentioned. Indeed, the presence of the number is unnecessary and surplusage. ( People v. Adler, 174 App. Div. 301, 303; see, also, People v. Dwyer, 160 App. Div. 542, 547, affd. 215 N.Y. 46.) The information also sets forth, with sufficient certainty and particularity, the act constituting that offense, which the defendant concedes to be disorderly conduct. It was sufficient to justify the issuance of a warrant of arrest. Thus, the court had jurisdiction both of the person of the defendant and the subject matter of the charge.

The allegations in the information to the effect that the defendant's act violated section 43 of the Penal Law and openly outraged public decency — the language of section 43 — are unnecessary matter, and may be disregarded.

The improper designation in the information of disorderly conduct as a "crime" instead of "offense" is an irregularity which the defendant waived when he entered his plea of guilty.

The defendant was properly convicted of disorderly conduct. We pass upon no other question.

The judgment should be affirmed.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.

Judgment affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Dioquardo

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 13, 1952
303 N.Y. 514 (N.Y. 1952)

In People v. Dioquardo (303 N.Y. 514) the court said at page 515: "The information charges a violation of section 722 of the Penal Law by name although not by section number.

Summary of this case from People v. Ryan
Case details for

People v. Dioquardo

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FRED DIOQUARDO…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 13, 1952

Citations

303 N.Y. 514 (N.Y. 1952)
104 N.E.2d 881

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