Legal Opinion
People v. Shapiro
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 1958PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Cohway.
Defendant is charged with violating section 20 (subd. 4, par. a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. He was convicted in the City Magistrates’ Court of the City of New York, Traffic Court, Borough of The Bronx, but the Appellate Division has reversed and has ordered a new trial from which determination the People have appealed to this court.
The facts are simple and undisputed. The only witness in the case, a police officer, testified that, at about 2:30 a.m, on January 14,1957, he was on motor patrol duty on Bruckner Boulevard in The Bronx. While proceeding in a southerly…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rosenthal v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- People v. HildebrandtNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Commonwealth v. AltenhausMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- People v. . RosenthalNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- State v. BridgewaterIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Freitas v. Geddes Savings & Loan Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. HochbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- In Re MurdockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Young v. U-Haul Co. of D.C.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
- People v. SpeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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