Opinion · Nylaw New York

PEOPLE v. CARLOS, 24 N.Y.2d 865 (1969)

301 N.Y.S.2d 96

Type
Opinion
Court
Nylaw New York
Jurisdiction
Nylaw
Date
1969-04-16
Topic
general

PEOPLE v. CARLOS, 24 N.Y.2d 865 (1969) 301 N.Y.S.2d 96, 248 N.E.2d 924 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LOUIS CARLOS,Appellant.Court of Appeals of the State of New York.Argued March 5, 1969 Decided April 16, 1969 Appeal from the Jefferson County Court, GEORGE G. INGLEHART, JR., J. Herald Price Fahringer for appellant.

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PEOPLEv.CARLOS,24 N.Y.2d 865(1969)
301 N.Y.S.2d 96,248 N.E.2d 924
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent,v.LOUIS CARLOS,
Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Argued March 5, 1969
Decided April 16, 1969
Appeal from the Jefferson County Court,Page 866GEORGE G. INGLEHART, JR., J.
Herald Price Fahringerfor appellant.William J. McClusky, District Attorney,for respondent.
Judgment affirmed.

Concur: Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN. Chief Judge FULD dissents and votes to reverse in the following opinion in which Judge BERGAN concurs.
Chief Judge FULD (dissenting).
Although the magazines before us are inexcusably vulgar and tawdry, I do not see how, in the light of constitutional principles heretofore enunciated, they may be held obscene either under the tests laid down by our decisions (seePeoplev.Richmond County News,9 N.Y.2d 578,586-587;Peoplev.Finkelstein,11 N.Y.2d 300,304,305;Larkinv.Putnam'sSons,14 N.Y.2d 399; cf.Peoplev.G.I. Distrs.,20 N.Y.2d 104,107) or under Federal standards. (See, e.g.,Redrupv.New York,386 U.S. 767;Connerv.City of Hammond,389 U.S. 48;Feltonv.City of Pensacola,390 U.S. 340;Memoirsv.Massachusetts,383 U.S. 413;Rothv.United States,354 U.S. 476; see, also,Peoplev.Noroff,67 Cal.2d 791,794, n. 6.) "[T]he price of freedom * * * of speech or of the press", as Justice JACKSON reminded us inUnited Statesv.Ballard(322 U.S. 78,95[dissenting opn.]), "is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish."

I would, therefore, reverse the judgment of conviction.

Judgment affirmed.Page 867