People v. Dailey

The three above-named defendants jointly appeal from separate judgments of conviction of criminal trespass fourth degree (Penal Law, § 140.05) after a full trial before a single-Judge court without jury, Justice Jerome, Town of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York. Each defendant was fined $25. On the date of the alleged offense, May 17, 1970, criminal trespass in the fourth degree was designated as a violation, a minor infraction of the Penal Law, one step below the Class B misdemeanor crime.

The format of the Penal Law, revised effective September 1, 1967, contains in the beginning…