Legal Opinion

People v. Keller

New York Court of Special Session

Decided December 14, 1959PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtWilliam E. Ringel, J.

The fact that a driver of a vehicle received a summons personally and appeared in court to answer the summons, plus the fact that that person was the owner of the registered vehicle involved, creates an irresistible inference that such person drove the vehicle at the time in question. (People v. Rubin, 284 N. Y. 392, 396, 397.)

The case at bar is readily distinguishable from both the cases cited by the defendant. (People v. Hildebrandt, 308 N. Y. 397; People v. Baker, 2 Misc 2d 600.)

In the former case, automatic photographs of defendant’s vehicle were taken on the road by special camera known…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. HildebrandtNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
  2. People v. RubinNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
  3. People v. BakerNew York Court of Special Session · 1956

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. TrantoloConnecticut Appellate Court · 1967

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