STATE v. LASHINSKY


81 N.J. 1 (1979)

404 A.2d 1121

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. HARVEY I. LASHINSKY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donald A. Robinson argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Robinson, Wayne & Greenberg, attorneys; Messrs. Sabin, Bermant & Blau, of the New York Bar, of counsel; Mr. Robinson, Mr. Nicholas L. Ribis and Mr. John B. Livelli, on the briefs).

Mr. Robert E. Rochford, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. John J. DeCicco, Mr. George Ciszak, Mr. Rochford and Ms. Debra L. Stone, Deputy Attorneys General, of counsel; Mr. Stephen H. Monson, Mr. Rochford and Ms. Stone, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs).

Mr. Arthur J. Lesemann submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae The Associated Press (Messrs. Mazer, Lesemann & Rupp, attorneys).


The opinion of the court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

The question before the Court in this case is whether the defendant, Harvey I. Lashinsky, a press photographer employed by a newspaper, The Star-Ledger, was properly convicted as a disorderly person for his refusal to heed a police officer's order to move back from the immediate vicinity of a gory, fatal automobile accident on the Garden State Parkway. Lashinsky was charged...

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