Legal Opinion
People v. Clark
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided August 11, 1969PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam E. Ringel, J.
The defendant, an employee in a ‘ ‘ Girlie-Type Times Square ’ ’ bookshop, is charged with violating the obscenity statute (Penal Law, § 235.05, subd. 1) in that he offered to sell the complainant an artificial penis for some $25.
The object in question is a realistic, rigid plastic replica of the male organ in a state of erection, commonly known as a “ dildo.” It is about 6% inches long and about 1% inches in diameter at its base, which is open. The device is hollowed out to receive a metal tube containing two dry-cell batteries. The batteries agitate the device, which is equipped with a belt…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- People v. Darryl M.Criminal Court of the City of New York · 1984
- In re Glenn G.New York City Family Court · 1992
- People v. VentriceCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1978
- People v. Abronovitz, New York County Courts1970
- People v. Mature Enterprises, Inc.Criminal Court of the City of New York · 1973
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