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PEOPLE v. KOVNER

96 Misc.2d 414 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Harold Kovner, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

September 20, 1978

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kassner & Detsky, P. C. (Herbert S. Kassner of counsel), for defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (John W. Moscow of counsel), for plaintiff.

ROBERT M. HAFT, J.

The defendant, Harold Kovner, is charged with two counts of promoting prostitution in the second degree and nine counts of obscenity in the first degree. These charges arise out of the production, wholesale promotion and sale of several films which depict explicit sexual conduct (i.e., intercourse and sodomy).

The People's theory of the "promoting prostitution" charges is quite novel...

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