Legal Opinion
People v. Quill
New York County Courts
Decided March 14, 1956PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSobel, J.
The defendant moves for a dismissal of an indictment charging criminal libel on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction of this crime.
The facts are that the defendant issued two press releases in New York County. These press releases allegedly contained libelous matter. The matter subsequently appeared in newspapers published in New York and Kings Counties and circulated throughout the city of New York. The newspapers are not defendants.
Our Penal Law creates three crimes of libel. Sections 1340 and 1341, together, create the crime of publishing a libel. These sections can be violated…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- People v. MatherNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- People v. . PeckensNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- People v. MegladderyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
- Murtagh v. LeibowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- People v. HetenyiNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- State v. OsbornSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- People v. CornickNew York Supreme Court · 1973
- People v. Brill, New York County Courts1975
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
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