People v. Ragusa

John H. Galloway, Jr., J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of speeding in violation of section 1180 (subd. [b], par. 3) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law rendered by the Court of Special Sessions of the Village of Briarcliffi Manor (Nicol, J.), after trial without a jury on November 1, 1963. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $20, which he paid.

One of the grounds urged for reversal of the conviction and dismissal of the information is that the information was jurisdietionally defective in that it was not sworn to by the complaining police officer prior to defendant’s trial.

It…