People v. Barba

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Delligatti, J.), rendered March 18, 2014, convicting him of assault in the first degree and leaving scene of an incident without reporting, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant struck a pedestrian with his vehicle in February 2001. Rather than stopping to assist her, he drove his car over her, causing her death. The defendant then left the scene. Later that day, when he spoke with the police by telephone, he was told to turn himself in. Instead, he fled to…