People v. Fleenor

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Friedlander, J.), rendered May 26, 1989, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminally negligent homicide (two counts) and driving while ability impaired by alcohol.

Defendant contends that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to support a finding that his role as the driver of one of two cars involved in a collision which killed two people constituted criminal negligence. According to defendant, his failure to perceive the stop sign at the intersection where the accident occurred was not a gross…