People v. Slater, 304 N.Y. 896

Judgment affirmed. Questions under the Federal Constitution were presented and ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍necessarily passed upon, as follows: Both appellants contended that the statutes under which they were convicted (Social Welfare Law, §§ 371, ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍374, 389; Penal Law, § 487-a) are invalid in that they violate on their face, and as construed and as applied ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍by the trial court, the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍The Court of Appeals held that the statutes aforesaid do not violate the due process clause aforesaid. No opinion.

Concur: Loughran, ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍Ch. J., Lewis, Conway, Desmond, Dye, Fttld and Froessel, JJ.

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Slater

Court Name: New York Court of Appeals

Date Published: Jan 15, 1953

Citations: 304 N.Y. 896; 110 N.E.2d 503; 1953 N.Y. LEXIS 1086

Court Abbreviation: N.Y.