People v. Wells

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Keegan, J.), rendered November 9, 1990, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of assault in the second degree, leaving the scene of an accident and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree (two counts).

The gravamen of defendant’s arguments on appeal in this wholly circumstantial criminal prosecution arising out of a 1989 hit-and-run accident on Central Avenue in the Town of Colonie, Albany County, involves the legal sufficiency of the evidence; specifically, whether the circumstantial…