People v. Hansen

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.), rendered March 20, 2000, convicting him of driving while intoxicated, per se, and driving while ability impaired, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial evidence established that at 1:30 a.m. on May 15, 1999, the defendant was driving a commercial pickup truck on Route 9W in the Town of Highlands, Orange County. A Town *599of Highlands police officer pulled the defendant over for lack of a rear plate light. The defendant exhibited signs of alcohol…