Legal Opinion

People v. Harvin

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 17, 1965PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJ. Irwin Shapiro, J.

Motion to inspect the Grand Jury minutes or in the alternative to dismiss the indictment.

There are three counts in the indictment. The first charges a violation of section 1053-a of the Penal Law (vehicular homicide). The second count charges the defendant with operating a motor vehicle in an intoxicated condition as a misdemeanor, and the third count charges the defendant with a violation of section 1180 (subd. [b], par. 3) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (speeding).

There is not a shred of evidence to sustain the first count of the indictment. That the defendant was intoxicated is clearly…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Canizio v. Superintendent of Kings County HospitalNew York Supreme Court · 1957

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. BastNew York Court of Appeals · 1967

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