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People v. Revo

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 14, 1965
205 N.E.2d 310 (N.Y. 1965)

Opinion

Argued December 2, 1964

Decided January 14, 1965

Appeal from the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, FREDERICK L. STRONG, P.J., MORTON R. TOLLERIS and KENNETH M. PHIPPS, JJ., NICHOLAS F. DELAGI, P.J., EDWARD D. CAIAZZO and BERNARD J. O'CONNELL, JJ.

Ira H. Holley for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney ( Alan Frederick Leibowitz and H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.


Judgment reversed and information dismissed upon the ground that the single film which remains in the record is not obscene within the holdings of the United States Supreme Court in Jacobellis v. Ohio ( 378 U.S. 184); Grove Press v. Gerstein ( 378 U.S. 577); Tralins v. Gerstein ( 378 U.S. 576); Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents ( 360 U.S. 684); Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago ( 355 U.S. 35); One, Inc., v. Olesen ( 355 U.S. 371), and Manual Enterprises v. Day ( 370 U.S. 478).

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI and BERGAN.


Summaries of

People v. Revo

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 14, 1965
205 N.E.2d 310 (N.Y. 1965)
Case details for

People v. Revo

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HARRY REVO, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 14, 1965

Citations

205 N.E.2d 310 (N.Y. 1965)
205 N.E.2d 310
257 N.Y.S.2d 173

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