People v. Wright

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Austin, J.), rendered March 15, 2000, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of driving while intoxicated.

*521On August 1, 1999, State Trooper Scott Harrington was at the State Police substation in the Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County, when an individual came in to advise that he had almost been run off the road by a red Suzuki vehicle that had its top down or removed. Although Harrington was at the end of his shift, he testified that he thought “time was of the essence” and he immediately left to search for the vehicle…