Legal Opinion
People v. Kovner
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1978PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert M. Haft, J.
The defendant, Harold Kovner, is charged with two counts of promoting prostitution in the second degree and nine counts of obscenity in the first degree. These charges arise out of the production, wholesale promotion and sale of several films which depict explicit sexual conduct (i.e., intercourse and sodomy).
The People’s theory of the "promoting prostitution” charges is quite novel — that a person may be guilty of promoting prostitution if he "advances or profits” (Penal Law, § 230.15) from the conduct of "actors and actresses” who engage in explicit…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by5 opinions
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