People v. Chernek

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Ordered that so much of the appeal as is from the judgment convicting defendant of leaving the scene of an incident with personal injuries without reporting is dismissed as abandoned; and it is further ordered that the judgment convicting defendant of common-law driving while intoxicated is affirmed.

On this appeal, defendant claims that the accusatory instrument, which originally charged defendant with driving while intoxicated as a felony, was not properly reduced to a misdemeanor pursuant to CPL 180.50 (3) (a) (iii) and that the original felony complaint did…