People v. Collins

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County, rendered July 14, 1978, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, as a felony. The record contains testimony that on November 9, 1977, at about 11:45 p.m., Alice Race drove her car into her garage from the public highway fronting her residence. About 20 minutes after garaging her car she observed what appeared to be car headlights shining on her garage door with an increasing brightness until suddenly the light was shut off. She could hear a motor…