Legal Opinion
People v. Ventrice
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided June 22, 1978PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Max H. Galfunt, J.
The three defendants were arrested and charged with violation of section 235.05 of the Penal Law (obscenity in the second degree), which is a class A misdemeanor.
The complaint alleged that the defendants acting in concert with each other in a bar in Queens County did promote an obscene performance in that the defendants Colleen Tommer and Rita Siermala did dance topless and bottomless in an obscene manner and that the defendants did expose and manipulate inner parts of their vaginas. It was further alleged that the defendant Peter Ventrice, manager of the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mishkin v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. HellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Excelsior Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the UniversityNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KocinskiMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- 31 West 21st Street Associates v. Evening of the Unusual, Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1984
- City of St. George v. TurnerUtah Supreme Court · 1993
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