Legal Opinion
People v. Angel
New York County Court, Rensselaer County
Decided April 12, 1950PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtHamm, J.
On March 8,1950, a jury in the Police Court of the City of Troy found the defendant guilty of violating subdivision 5-a of section 70 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. After the imposition of a sentence of thirty days in the Rensselaer County Jail the defendant was admitted to bail pending appeal.
The pertinent provisions of subdivision 5-a recite: ‘ ‘ Any person operating a motor vehicle * * * who, knowing that injury has been caused to a person, due to the culpability of the person operating such motor vehicle * * * or to accident, leaves the place of said injury or accident, without stopping…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People ex rel. Livingston v. WyattNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- People Ex Rel. Perkins v. . MossNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- People ex rel. Brown v. TigheAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- In re BennettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
- Tanzer v. BreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910