People v. Hamm

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Czajka, J.), rendered January 21, 2004, upon a verdict convicting defendant of two counts of the crime of driving while intoxicated.

*1159Shortly before midnight on May 15, 2005, two patrolling State Troopers came upon a truck idling with its headlights on in the middle of a street partially blocking traffic in both lanes. They observed defendant stumble from the rear of the vehicle toward the driver’s side door. Upon pulling up beside him and inquiring why the truck was parked in the middle of the street, defendant mumbled that he was…