Legal Opinion
People v. Bell
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1953PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*113Van Voorhis, J.
Defendants-respondents were convicted in the City Court of the City, of Long Beach, Nassau County, of loitering in the railroad station of the Long Island Bail Boad, in violation of subdivision 2 of section 1990-a of the Penal Law. This subdivision reads as follows: “ Any person who loiters about any toilet, station or station platform of a subway or elevated railway or of a railroad, or who is found sleeping therein or thereon and who is unable to give satisfactory explanation of his presence is guilty of an offense. ’ ’
On appeal to the County Court, defendants contended (as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Parker Mills v. . the Commissioners of TaxesNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Matter of Stubbe v. . AdamsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- People v. . RichardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. DurkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- People v. LamphereAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
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3Cited by62 opinions
- People v. BrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Wolin v. Port of New York AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- People v. BerckNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. ZitoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
- People v. CintronNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
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