Legal Opinion

People v. Higgins

New York County Courts

Decided December 29, 1937PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

Defendant has been convicted in a Court of Special Sessions in the town of Bainbridge, N. Y., of a violation of section 58 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, and appeals from the judgment of conviction to this court.

The appellant attacks the sufficiency of the information on which the warrant was issued and raised the question before the trial court by a motion to discharge the defendant because of the alleged insufficient information. The information, omitting the formal part, charges that the defendant “ did commit the crime of misdemeanor in violation of article 5 section 58 of the V. & T.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. GroganNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
  2. People v. WinstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. SheaNew York Court of Special Session · 1971
  2. People v. ConteSuffolk County District Court · 1969
  3. People v. Mezzatesta, New York County Courts1952
  4. People v. ByrneUtica City Court · 1949
  5. People v. MooreCity of New York Municipal Court · 1942

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