People v. Mayoue

The defendant was charged with operating his motor vehicle 60 miles per hour in a 40-mile-per-hour *151zone in violation of section 1180 (subd. [b], par. 3) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. At the conclusion of the People’s case the defendant moved to dismiss the information upon the ground that the prosecution had offered insufficient proof as to posting.

Decision was reserved on the defendant’s motion. The defendant’s subsequent testimony then established the fact that he had passed both a warning sign to reduce speed and a 40-mile-per-hour speed-limit sign prior to the violation for which he was…