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PEOPLE v. COVINGTON

18 A.D.3d 65 (2005)

793 N.Y.S.2d 384

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RONNIE COVINGTON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Lisa Lewis of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (David M. Cohn and John A. Zadrozny of counsel), for respondent.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., MARLOW, ELLERIN and CATTERSON, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NARDELLI, J.

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether defendant's actions, at the scene of a police narcotics raid, constitute the crime of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree (Penal Law § 195.05), or fall within the Court of Appeals holding in People v Case (42 N.Y.2d 98, 102 [1977]), that words alone do not satisfy the requirements of the statute...

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