Legal Opinion
People v. Ortiz
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided July 5, 1984PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bertram Katz, J.
Can New York City validly ban from its streets the possession of knives with a blade length of four inches or greater? In an apparent case of first impression, the court is called upon to determine the constitutionality of the recently enacted “Knife Law”, section 436-5.2 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, which in journalistic circles has been nicknamed “The Sweetheart Law.”1
The defendant, Juan Ortiz, was apprehended on March 20, 1984 in front of a laundromat located on Featherbed Lane in The Bronx. The arresting officers allegedly thought…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of Seattle v. MontanaWashington Supreme Court · 1996
- City of Seattle v. MontanaWashington Supreme Court · 1996
- Roth v. CuevasNew York Supreme Court · 1993
- People v. FulvioCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1987
- City of Akron v. RasdanOhio Court of Appeals · 1995
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