People v. Hollingsworth

On appeal, the judgment of the Court of Special Sessions is reversed upon the law and the facts and the case is remanded to the Hon. Oscar Murov, Police Justice of the Village of Lindenhurst, for a new trial.

On July 22, 1963, at about 2:00 a.m., the defendant-appellant was observed by Suffolk County Patrolman William May driving in a westerly direction on Montauk Highway in the Village of Lindenhurst near the intersection of South Delaware Avenue at a high rate of speed. The officer clocked the defendant for about 2% to 3 miles doing 55 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. The officer…