PEOPLE v. LIVIO


187 Misc.2d 302 (2000)

725 N.Y.S.2d 785

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. VINCENT LIVIO, Defendant.

District Court of Nassau County, First District.

December 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Famighetti, East Meadow, for defendant.

Denis E. Dillon, District Attorney of Nassau County, Hempstead (Peter Menoudakos of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

IRA J. RAAB, J.

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me." (Children's taunt, Northrop, Folk Phrases [1894].) This case involves two fundamental legal principles in conflict with each other: a person's right to say what is on his or her mind, versus another person's right to be left alone. This court must decide whether the instant criminal information alleges facts...

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