Legal Opinion
People v. Munoz
New York Court of Special Session
Decided May 25, 1960PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam E. Ringel, P. J.
Appellant was convicted of a violation of section 436-5.2 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York in the Bronx Adolescent Court, for having in his possession, in his right pocket, a two-bladed knife. He received a suspended sentence. The appeal, which rests solely upon constitutional grounds, urges that the legislation is violative of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution and sections 6 and 11 of article I of the State Constitution.
In brief, it is claimed that the statute (a) is vague, indefinite and uncertain; (b)…
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