People v. Wuerfel

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Kowtna, J.), rendered November 18, 1996, convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol as a felony (two counts), leaving the scene of an incident without reporting under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 600 (1) (two counts), and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 600 (2), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

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