Legal Opinion

People v. Grant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 5, 1991PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Mugglin, J.), rendered January 22, 1991 in Delaware County, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of driving while intoxicated.

We agree that Supreme Court erred in ordering defendant to pay a surcharge of $105 upon his conviction of driving while intoxicated. Penal Law § 6Ó.35 (1), which was the statute to which the court was apparently referring, expressly exempts from its coverage crimes occurring under the Vehicle and Traffic Law. Instead, the applicable statute is Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1809 (1), which imposes a $25…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. People v. WellingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. MooneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020

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