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PEOPLE v. GOLB

No. 72

23 N.Y.3d 455 (2014)

15 N.E.3d 805

991 N.Y.S.2d 792

2014 NY Slip Op 3426

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RAPHAEL GOLB, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Ronald L. Kuby, New York City ( Ronald L. Kuby and Leah M. Busby of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Vincent Rivellese and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.

Law Office of Marc Fernich, New York City ( Marc Fernich of counsel), for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and another, amici curiae.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ABDUS-SALAAM, J.

University of Chicago Professor Norman Golb is a scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This case involves an Internet campaign by Golb's son, Raphael Golb, to attack the integrity and harm the reputation of other Dead Sea Scrolls academics and scholars, while promoting the views of his father.

To accomplish his goal of discrediting and harming these individuals, defendant, using pseudonyms and impersonating real academics...

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