People v. Ackerley

— Casey, J. P.

Shortly before midnight on January 15, 1986, two State Troopers, Steven Riordan and Hector Hernandez, while patrolling on State Route 17, observed two people in a parked car on the opposite shoulder of the highway. As the Troopers made a U-turn to approach this vehicle, it started up a steep grade at 35 miles per hour. Observing that the car weaved and crossed the white line onto the shoulder, the Troopers pulled the car over. Approaching the driver’s side, Hernandez asked the driver, defendant Rubin Ackerley, if there were any problems. Ackerley replied that the car had started…