Legal Opinion
People v. Epton
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 16, 1967PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScileppi, J.
The defendant, William Epton, has been found guilty on three counts of a four-count indictment. After a trial with a jury in the Supreme Court, New York County, he was convicted of conspiracy to riot (Penal Law, §§ 580, 2090), conspiracy to commit the crime of advocacy of criminal anarchy *501(Penal Law, §§ 160,161, 580), and advocacy of criminal anarchy (Penal Law, §§ 160, 161). A fourth count, charging defendant with the substantive crime of riot, was dismissed by the trial court for lack of evidence as to any direct, causal connection between Epton’s activities and the Harlem riots of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- United States of America Ex Rel. William Epton v. Albert Nenna, Warden, Manhattan House of Detention for MenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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