People v. Alt

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Cortland County (Campbell, J.), rendered May 11, 2006, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of driving while intoxicated and the traffic infraction of consumption of an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle.

After defendant was found seated in the driver’s seat of a vehicle stopped in a highway intersection with the motor running, he admitted that he had been drinking, failed a number of sobriety tests and was ultimately indicted for the crime of driving while intoxicated as a felony. County Court subsequently rejected defendant’s…