Hickey v. Kelly

The action of the Commissioner in revoking the petitioner’s operator’s license was mandated by the statute, upon the receipt by the Commissioner of certificates of convic*387tian, showing that the petitioner had been convicted of three speeding offenses, committed within a period of 18 months (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 71, subd. 2, par. [c]). The petitioner seeks to attack the third conviction upon the ground that it was based upon a plea of guilty by mail in the Bronx Traffic Court, which he claims the court was not authorized to accept under section 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It is…