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People v. Ben Levi

Criminal Court of the City of New York

Decided December 21, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

*395OPINION OF THE COURT

Alfred Donati, Jr., J.

Defendants Ben Levi, Welz, Bauer, Lapidus, Taylor, Carresco, Rafsky and Schoen are charged with resisting arrest (Penal Law § 205.30), a class A misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct (Penal Law § 240.20), a violation. Defendants Jacobs and Sellers are charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree (Penal Law § 195.05), a class A misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct.

The defendants’ arrests stem from their participation in a demonstration organized by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), an activist group dedicated to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Texas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. People v. BelkotaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
  3. People v. AndrewAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  4. People v. EubanksAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1982

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