People v. Zanchelli

The defendant appellant was convicted in the Justices’ Court of the Town of Germantown for violation of the provisions of subdivision 1 of section 15 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, the pertinent provisions of which read as follows: “ Every such motor vehicle, also, shall have a suitable muffler or device to prevent unnecessary noise from exhaust gases ”. From this conviction the defendant appeals to this court. The basis of the appeal is that the statute is unconstitutional in that it does not set up a sufficiently certain standard and is not sufficiently explicit to…