Court Opinion

ID: 5521608
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 17:45:25.833848+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:34:25.115733
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam.

The decision in People v. Bookcase, Inc. (14 N Y 2d 409) implied that a constitutionally valid statute defining obscenity in its impact on the young, as distinguished from obscenity in respect of adults, might emerge under careful *312draftsmanship. We find defects in draftsmanship of section 484--b of the Penal Law which seem to be remediable both in respect of its -substantive definitions and in respect of scienter as to contents and the age of the customer. (Cf. Smith v. California, 361 U. S. 147.)
The orders should be affirmed.