People v. Hakimi-Fard

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bruce E. Tolbert, J.

This is a prosecution under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 306 (b); § 319 (1); § 401 (1) (a); § 402 (4) and § 509 (3).

On July 4, 1986 at 4:00 a.m., Police Officer Rodriguez of the Westchester County Police Department observed a 1977 Plymouth bearing New York registration 928-ZNS being pushed from behind through the northbound toll lane of the Saw Mill River Parkway without its lights on. Police Officer Rodriguez activated his lights and siren and pulled both cars over. The *117defendant, Farshio Hakimi-Fard, alighted from the driver’s seat of the vehicle which…