Legal Opinion
People v. Safran
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 29, 2014PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*879The defendant was arrested when he was found to be in possession of a large quantity of fraudulent temporary motor vehicle registration tags. The defendant contends that the People should have prosecuted him for violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 403-a, which provides that falsifying any temporary indicia of registration shall be a traffic infraction, rather than criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. The defendant’s claim is without merit. When two or more statutes make punishable the same conduct, it is generally left to the People, in their discretion, to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. HidalgoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. FiumefreddoNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. EboliNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. GarciaNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. MattocksNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
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3Cited by5 opinions
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