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People v. Revo

15 N.Y.2d 743 Court N.Y. Decision date 1965-01-14 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Harry Revo, Appellant.
Argued December 2, 1964;
decided January 14, 1965.
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Ira H. Holley for appellant.
Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Alan Frederick Leibowitz and H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment reversed and information dismissed upon the ground that the single film which remains in the record is not obscene within the holdings of the United States Supreme Court in Jacobellis v. Ohio ( 378 U. S. 184 ); Grove Press v. Gerstein ( 378 U. S. 577 ); Tralins v. Gerstein ( 378 U. S. 576 ); Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents ( 360 U. S. 684 ); Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago ( 355 U. S. 35 ); One, Inc., v. Olesen ( 355 U. S. 371 ), and Manual Enterprises v. Day ( 370 U. S. 478 ).

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi and Bergan.

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