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People v. Viau

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 8, 1980PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Cortland County Court should be reversed and the information should be dismissed.

Until amended by chapter 290 of the Laws of 1969, subdivision 1 of section 240.30 of the Penal Law covered only a person who "communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, or by telegraph, mail or any other *1053form of written communication”. Chapter 290 added after the word "communicates” the parenthetical phrase "or causes a communication to be initiated by mechanical or electronic means or otherwise”.

Clearly, the original wording did not cover a…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. BelfromNew York Supreme Court · 1984
  2. People v. RuscianoEastchester Justice Court · 1997
  3. People v. DiraimondoNassau County District Court · 1997
  4. People v. KochanowskiAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2000
  5. People v. MonroeCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2000

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