Legal Opinion
People v. Santiago
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided July 11, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerald Harris, J.
*198This opinion addresses the knotty and recurring issue. of whether digital video discs (DVDs) may be sold in New York City without a general vendor’s license and whether the answer to that question is affected by the illicit nature of the item sold. The defense relies, in part, upon a letter/opinion issued by an official of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), the agency which issues the licenses, for the proposition that DVDs are exempt from license requirements. The People counter with a second letter/opinion issued by the same official which appears…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. JobiCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2005