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People v. Clark

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 14, 1970
260 N.E.2d 873 (N.Y. 1970)

Summary

In People v Clark (27 N.Y.2d 512), the defendants therein argued in the Court of Appeals that the jostling statute (Penal Law § 165.25) is unconstitutionally vague and unconstitutional as violative of due process in that it fails to require proof of culpable criminal intent to commit larceny.

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Opinion

Argued April 23, 1970

Decided May 14, 1970

Appeal from the Supreme Court for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts of the Second Judicial Department, ALFRED J. CAWSE, JR., P.J., DONALD L. JACOBY and PAULINE J. MALTER, JJ., LUDWIG C. GLOWA, P.J., PAULINE J. MALTER and RAYMOND REISLER, JJ.

Paul Paksarian and Milton Adler for Robert Clark, appellant.

Diane A. Lebedeff and Milton Adler for Leonard Johnson, appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney ( Harry Brodbar of counsel), for respondent.


Judgments affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

People v. Clark

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 14, 1970
260 N.E.2d 873 (N.Y. 1970)

In People v Clark (27 N.Y.2d 512), the defendants therein argued in the Court of Appeals that the jostling statute (Penal Law § 165.25) is unconstitutionally vague and unconstitutional as violative of due process in that it fails to require proof of culpable criminal intent to commit larceny.

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

People v. Clark

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT CLARK and…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 14, 1970

Citations

260 N.E.2d 873 (N.Y. 1970)
260 N.E.2d 873
312 N.Y.S.2d 681

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