People v. Snyder

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kane, J. P.

On February 15, 1981, defendant, while operating a motor vehicle, was involved in an accident in which the driver of the other vehicle died as a result of massive injuries sustained in that accident. Prior to the accident, defendant had been at a wedding reception where he consumed a number of alcoholic drinks over a four-hour period. The fatal accident occurred shortly after defendant left the reception, when he made a left turn onto the wrong side of a divided four-lane highway and collided with a motor vehicle traveling in the opposite direction.

In January…