People v. Briggs

Chief Judge Breitel.

Defendant appeals from a conviction, after nonjury trial, for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting property damage (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 600). He was sentenced to an unconditional discharge and his motor vehicle operator’s license revoked. The Appellate Term affirmed, without opinion. Defendant’s operator’s license has since been reinstated pursuant to the filing of a certificate of relief from civil disabilities (Correction Law, § 702, subd 1).

The issue is whether the People’s failure to give defendant the statutory notice before trial that they…