People v. Taylor

On or 'about May 26, 1969, defendant was charged with violation of sections 375 (subd. 1) and 1174 (subd. [a]) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. To these charges, driving without adequate brakes, a misdemeanor, and passing a stopped school bus, a traffic violation, defendant entered pleas of guilt in the Court .of Special Sessions, Town of Southampton, and was fined on or about October 14, 1969.

On July 22, 1969, defendant was indicted on three counts alleging criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment in the first degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree based upon an order…