People v. Howell

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jo Ann Ferdinand, J.

Defendant is charged in a simplified traffic information with *654aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 511 (1) (a), a traffic infraction.

Defendant moves to dismiss the accusatory instrument on the ground that the supporting deposition does not sufficiently corroborate the simplified traffic information. *

A charge of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 511 (1) (a) can be commenced by a simplified traffic information which, as defined in CPL 100.10 (2) (a) "is [a] written accusation by a police…