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People v. Hughes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 14, 1945
269 App. Div. 1016 (N.Y. App. Div. 1945)

Opinion

December 14, 1945.

Appeal from Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, New York County.


Judgment affirmed.


Dore, Cohn, Callahan and Peck, JJ., concur in decision; Martin, P.J., dissents in opinion.

Judgment affirmed. No opinion.


The defendant and two disinterested witnesses testified that the defendant and his automobile were not at the scene of the accident at the time it occurred. The defendant testified that his automobile was not involved in an accident. In addition, the detective who arrested the defendant was called as a witness for the People and testified that he examined the defendant's automobile and he found that there were "no marks on the car."

In my opinion, the evidence does not sustain a finding that the defendant unlawfully left the scene of an accident without reporting it.

The judgment should be reversed and the information dismissed.


Summaries of

People v. Hughes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 14, 1945
269 App. Div. 1016 (N.Y. App. Div. 1945)
Case details for

People v. Hughes

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BENJAMIN HUGHES…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 14, 1945

Citations

269 App. Div. 1016 (N.Y. App. Div. 1945)