People v. Magyar

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of violating section 600 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (leaving the scene of an accident). He has been fined $50 and his license has been revoked.

The judgment should be reversed on the law and on the facts, and the defendant discharged. True it is that the trier *712of the facts, who saw the witnesses, observed their demeanor and heard their testimony, was in a better position to determine where the truth lies. However, the sum total of all the testimony falls short of the proof necessary to ground a conviction under section 600 of the Vehicle and…