People v. Sowle

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction, after a jury trial in the Justice Court of the Town of Broadalbin, convicting defendant of violating section 410 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, for which he was fined the sum of $50 and which he paid.

Defendant appeals on the grounds that the People failed to produce evidence sufficient to make out a prima facie case and to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the area on which the defendant was operating an alleged unregistered snowmobile was a public highway; that the verdict of the jury was against the weight of the…