PEOPLE v. BAKOLAS


59 N.Y.2d 51 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Evangelos Bakolas and Ioannis Bakolas, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred P. Kremer for appellants.

Donald O. Chesworth, Jr., District Attorney (Kenneth R. Fisher of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG, MEYER and SIMONS concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

Subdivision 2 of section 240.20 of the Penal Law, which prohibits making "unreasonable noise" with "intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof", is not unconstitutional, either for vagueness or for overbreadth. The order of the County Court of Monroe County should, therefore, be affirmed.

Defendants were arrested on November 29, 1980, and both...

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