Legal Opinion
People v. Barton
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 2006PublishedCited by 17 opinions
POINTS OF COUNSEL
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
On August 4, 2004, defendant Michael Barton was ticketed for violating section 44-4 (H) of the Code of the City of Rochester when he allegedly waded into traffic on a highway exit ramp in downtown Rochester, soliciting money from motorists. Section 44-4 of the Code addresses aggressive panhandling, and subsection (H) specifies that “[n]o person on a sidewalk or alongside a roadway shall solicit from any occupant of a motor vehicle that is on a street or other public place.” The Code defines “solicit” as “the spoken, written, or printed word or such other acts or…
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