People v. Petri

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Cassidy, J.), rendered September 22, 2015, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of driving while intoxicated.

Defendant was stopped in his vehicle at a red light at an intersection in the center of the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, at approximately 1:30 a.m. as large groups of college-aged pedestrians were leaving local bars in the vicinity. Defendant engaged in a verbal and gestural “interaction” with some of the pedestrians at the intersection and, when the light turned green, he turned right and rapidly…