Legal Opinion
People v. Cortez
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 13, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Irving Lang, J.
The primary question before this court on the defendants’ motion to inspect the Grand Jury minutes is what size must a sawed-off shotgun be before it will qualify as a prohibited “firearm” under subdivision 3 of section 265.00 of the Penal Law. The statute reads that a “‘firearm’ means any pistol, revolver, or sawed-off shotgun or other firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person, except an antique firearm.”
Although the New York Joint Legislative Committee on Firearms and Ammunition reported in 1965 that New York had “flatly outlawed all…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People ex rel. Darling v. Warden of City PrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- People v. Raso, New York County Courts1958
- People v. CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Leon v. KuhlmannDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
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3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
- People v. DavisCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1981
- People v. SantiagoNew York Supreme Court · 1986
- United States v. HenryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
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