People v. Tompkins

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment rendered by the Court of Special Sessions of the Town of Cortlandt, N. Y., whereby the defendant, on Ms plea of guilty, was convicted of violating paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 20 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

It is the contention of the defendant on this appeal that the judgment of conviction should be reversed upon the grounds: (1) that a written information was not made herein and the making of the same was not waived by the defendant’s plea of guilty; and (2) that the facts of the charge against him, as to which he was orally…