People v. Ferri

OPINION OF THE COURT

Walter W. Dunbar, J.

A New York State trooper observed the defendant operate a truck on a public highway without displaying a highway use tax plate, tag or sticker as required by article 21 of the Tax Law. After being stopped by the trooper and failing to produce the permit to be carried in the vehicle the defendant was issued a simplified traffic information charging him with having no highway use tax permit in violation of section 512 (subd 1, par [a]) of the Tax Law.

The defendant now moves to dismiss the simplified information as being jurisdictionally defective pursuant…