People v. Jennings

The defendant is charged with a violation of 'section 1102 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law: “No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or other person duly empowered to regulate traffic.”

The facts do not seem to be in dispute. Testimony adducéd at the trial shows that, on February 7, 1973, Marie Casucci was working as a school crossing guard on Route 22 in Miller-ton near the Webutuck Elementary School. She testified that the defendant stopped her vehicle on Route 22 at approximately 8:55 a.m. to discharge her children so that they might…