New York Court upholds newlywed's disorderly conduct

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's top court has upheld the conviction of a newlywed arrested for disorderly conduct after an early morning argument with his bride in a hotel parking lot, even though few people were around and nobody was complaining. The unanimous Court of Appeals ruling on Thursday agrees that police in the upstate village of Newark rightfully took Tony Weaver into custody. He spent the night in jail instead of the honeymoon suite after being subdued with a Taser in May 2008. Judge Victoria Graffeo notes there's no requirement the public has to be involved or react to the incident, but there was enough evidence that Weaver, who got more agitated after police told him to leave, "recklessly created a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm." Published: Fri, Feb 11, 2011