People v. Smith

This is an application by the defendant pursuant to section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for a certificate certifying that it is reasonable that the charges now pending against him in the Court of Special Sessions be prosecuted by indictment.

The defendant has been charged with a violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law in that he is alleged to have operated a *829motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition and to have left the scene of an accident without reporting same, both charges arising out of the same occurrence (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 70, suhds. 5, 5-a).

The defendant has…