New York Court of Appeals, 1966

People v. Rice

People v. Rice
New York Court of Appeals · Decided June 9, 1966
17 N.Y.2d 881; 218 N.E.2d 341; 271 N.Y.S.2d 307; 1966 N.Y. LEXIS 1287

People v. Rice

Opinion

Judgment affirmed.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan and Keating. Judges Fuld and Van Voorhis dissent and vote to reverse and to dismiss the complaint in the following memorandum: Evidence that defendant uttered the obscenities testified to, whatever other offense or crime it may have estab *882 lished, does not, in our opinion, make out or constitute the crime of endangering the morals of a minor in violation of subdivision 2 of section 483 of the Penal Law.

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