People v. Marquan M.

People v. Marquan M.
People v. Marquan M.
Court	New York Court of Appeals
Full case name	The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marquan M., Appellant. County of Albany, Intervenor-Respondent.
Decided	July 1, 2014 (Court decision)
Citation(s)	2014 WL 2931482
Transcript(s)	Trial of June 5, 2014
Case opinions
	Albany County Law criminalizing cyberbullying was drafted so broadly that it violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
Decision by	Judge Graffeo
Concurrence	Lippman, Read, Rivera, and Abdus-Salaam.
Dissent	Smith, joined by Pigott

People v. Marquan M., 2014 WL 2931482 (Ct. App. NY July 1, 2014) was the first case in which a US court weighed the constitutionality of criminalizing cyberbullying. In People v. Marquan M., the New York Court of Appeals struck down an Albany County law that criminalized cyberbullying, declaring its restrictions overly broad and thus in violation of the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.^[1]^[2]

^ Daniel Wiessner (July 1, 2014). "N.Y. top court says cyberbullying law violates free speech". Reuters. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
^ Eugene Volokh (July 1, 2014). "New York's highest court strikes down cyber-bullying law". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 1, 2015.