Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided February 7, 1978PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*727OPINION OF THE COURT
Irving Lang, J.
In France it is an "escroquerie.” In Belgium it is "un jeu essentiellement d’adresse.” In England Lord Alverstone of the King’s Bench called it "sleight of hand and nothing more.” The Canadian court followed England, but the Canadian Parliament outlawed it. American cases are in conflict. Scarne scorns it and Leif ignores it. There are no New York cases on it, but hundreds were arrested for it in New York City in 1977.
It is "three-card monte” and the question to be resolved by this court, previously undecided in this State, is whether it is a known…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. BrownDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Pender v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. HaleMontana Supreme Court · 1958
3Cited by7 opinions
- People v. TurnerCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1995
- People v. BrownCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1982
- People v. HuntCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1994
- People v. FarrarCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1983
- People v. DensonCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2002
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