People v. Morel

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Judgments of conviction unanimously affirmed.

Responding to a police radio report of a “dangerous condition” on Etna Street near Logan Avenue, Brooklyn, the investigating officer observed two damaged automobiles and a number of onlookers, one of whom accused defendant, who stood nearby, of operating a motor vehicle which struck the onlooker’s vehicle several blocks away and of departing the accident scene without exchanging driver’s documentation or reporting the incident to the police. After a futile attempt to communicate with defendant, who understood only…