People v. Covington
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Nardelli, J.
In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether defendant’s actions, at the scene of a police narcotics raid, constitute the crime of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree (Penal Law § 195.05), or fall within the Court of Appeals holding in People v Case (42 NY2d 98, 102 [1977]), that words alone do not satisfy the requirements of the statute.
In the early afternoon of April 19, 2002, New York City Police Officers Jorge Burgos, Gladice Johnson, Darryl Lucas, Joseph Callahan and Sergeant Christopher McCormack were part of a team of…
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