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PEOPLE v. HARVEY

307 N.Y. 588 (1954)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Alden Harvey, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 2, 1954

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley S. Corwin for appellant.

Harry C. Brenner, District Attorney (Henry Tasker of counsel), for respondent.

LEWIS, Ch. J., CONWAY, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur.

DESMOND, J.

Section 720 of the New York Penal Law brands as guilty of the misdemeanor of disorderly conduct, "Any person who shall by any offensive or disorderly act or language, annoy or interfere with any person in any place". After a disturbance in a tavern, this defendant left there at the request of a police officer, then, when those two and others had gone outside, defendant...

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