# People v. Finkelstein

> Criminal Court of the City of New York · March 27, 1963 · 38 Misc. 2d 791

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6222048

## Case

- **Full name:** The People of the State of New York v. Hyman Finkelstein
- **Court:** Criminal Court of the City of New York
- **Decided:** March 27, 1963
- **Citations:** 38 Misc. 2d 791; 239 N.Y.S.2d 835; 1963 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2175
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Tierney
- **Judges:** Goldstein, Shalleok, Tierney
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

Raymond A. Tierney, J.
(concurring). I concur with my colleague, Judge Goldstein, on the ground that a court may only adjudicate hut not legislate.

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