Legal Opinion
People v. Allen
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 2, 1968PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
These three cases, heard together although differing in details, have a common question: What constitutes moral depravity or the '' danger of becoming morally depraved ’ ’ within the wayward minor provisions of subdivisions (5) and (6) of section 913-a of the Code of Criminal Procedure?
Appellants attack the constitutionality of the statute for vagueness and for opening the possibility of conviction and a penal-type method of correction for persons between 16 and 21 on standards which, for an adult, would not be sufficiently definite as to exactly the kind of conduct which would lead to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Giaccio v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bookcase, Inc. v. LearySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. HodgesOregon Supreme Court · 1969
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- Gesicki v. OswaldDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- State v. HodgesOregon Supreme Court · 1969
- United States v. LuzziUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1969