People v. Cooper

J. Kenneth Servé, J.

Upon his plea of guilty, the defendant was convicted in the Justice Court of the Town of Gaines, Orleans County (John Carr, J. P.), of violating paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 501 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (unlicensed operator). He was fined $100, and sentenced to the Orleans County Jail for 60 days. *

The defendant is now appealing from the judgment of conviction, and has alleged in his affidavit of errors that the information was insufficient and did not charge a crime, in that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a crime. The arresting officer,…