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PEOPLE v. LAVERNE

14 N.Y.2d 304 (1964)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Erwine Laverne, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 10, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Mark Holzer and Phyllis Tate Holzer for appellant.

William Cahn, District Attorney (Henry P. De Vine of counsel), for respondent.

Judges FULD and VAN VOORHIS concur with Judge BERGAN; Chief Judge DESMOND concurs in a separate memorandum; Judge BURKE dissents in an opinion in which Judges DYE and SCILEPPI concur.

BERGAN, J.

An ordinance of the Village of Laurel Hollow in Nassau County authorizes the village Building Inspector to "enter any building or premises at any reasonable hour" in discharging his duty to "enforce the provisions of" the Building Zone Ordinance of the village (art. X, § 10.1). The ordinance provides that a violation of its mandate is disorderly conduct with a prescribed punishment (§ 10...

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