People v. Puesan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Saxe, J.

Since 1986, when the New York State Legislature first enacted Penal Law article 156 to define and combat newly emerging computer-related crimes, the statute has undergone repeated review and revision as new forms of these crimes have continued to emerge (see L 1986, ch 514; L 1993, ch 89; L 2006, ch 558; L 2008 ch 590). As Governor Cuomo observed when he signed article 156 into law, rapid technological advances left the State “without adequate protection against the many insidious forms of computer crime” (Governor’s Mem approving L 1986, ch 514, 1986 McKinney’s…