PEOPLE v. GREENLEAF


5 Misc.3d 337 (2004)

780 N.Y.S.2d 899

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. KATHERINE GREENLEAF and DAWN SANGREY, Defendants.

Justice Court of Town of New Paltz, Ulster County.

July 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Gottlieb, Comack, for defendants.

Donald A. Williams, District Attorney, Kingston (John G. Rusk of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JUDITH M. REICHLER, J.

On March 6, 2004, in New Paltz, New York, two ordained ministers of the Unitarian Universalist Church performed marriage ceremonies for 13 same-sex couples who did not have marriage licenses. They are charged with a crime for solemnizing marriages without licenses being presented to them, in violation of section 17 of the Domestic Relations Law. Conviction could...

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