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PEOPLE v. CORWIN

304 N.Y. 362 (1952)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Stanley S. Corwin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 15, 1952

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Gulotta, District Attorney (Philip Huntington of counsel), for appellant.

Hugo E. Rogers for Traffic Department of City of New York, amicus curiæ, in support of appellant's position.

Stanley Skinner Corwin, in person, and Edward T. Costello for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, DESMOND, DYE and FULD, JJ., concur; CONWAY, J., not sitting.

FROESSEL, J.

On April 6, 1949, defendant was convicted of a violation of section 6 of ordinance 6 of the Long Island State Park Commission, and fined $10, in the Third District Court of Nassau County, sitting as a Court of Special Sessions without a jury. Said section 6 provides: "Speed limit. a. A rate of speed by a motor vehicle in excess of 40 miles an hour is prohibited" (as amd. May 2, 1946; eff. June...

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