Legal Opinion
People v. A.N.
Rye City Court
Decided April 7, 2014Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph L. Latwin, J.
This case tests the limits of the new portable electronic device law and the wisdom of the legislature in crafting it.
Defendant was issued a simplified traffic information (STI) charging him with violating Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1225-d by operating a motor vehicle while using a portable electronic device while on Interstate 95 in the City of Rye. A trial was held. At trial, the state trooper who issued the STI testified that he was on routine patrol in the left northbound lane of 1-95 when he observed the defendant, driving in the northbound center…
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- Pultz v. EconomakisNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
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