People v. Butts

Jambs E. Carroll,

Acting City Judge. This is a criminal prosecution for operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition, pursuant to subdivision 5 of section 70 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. The defendant was arrested early in the morning of February 7, 1960; his counsel appeared in court on February 11, 1960, pursuant to section 297 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Trial was set for February 18, 1960, 9:00 a.m. and the defendant at that time appeared in court and was duly arraigned; the defendant personally waived the right to a jury trial and requested that the court alone…