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People v. Weaver

Citations

  • 16 N.Y.3d 123
  • 944 N.E.2d 634

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  • finding that defendant’s disorderly conduct arrest was lawful, in part because defendant became “increasingly agitated and belligerent, repeatedly shouting obscenities at his wife and the [arresting] officer”
  • affirming a conviction for disorderly conduct based on the defendant’s public, loud, and profane berating of first his wife and then the police in the very early morning
  • “We have made clear that a defendant may be guilty of disorderly conduct regardless of whether the action results in public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm if the conduct recklessly creates a risk of such public disruption.”
  • “We have made clear that a defendant may be guilty of disorderly conduct regardless of whether the action results in public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm if the conduct recklessly creates a risk of such public disruption.”

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Judges: Graffeo

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