PEOPLE v. SCOTT


3 N.Y.2d 148 (1957)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Scott, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Dupré for appellant.

Charles E. Bowers, District Attorney, for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., FULD and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur with FROESSEL, J.; DESMOND, J., dissents in an opinion in which DYE and BURKE, JJ., concur.


FROESSEL, J.

Late in the evening of August 29, 1955, a "uniform traffic ticket" or summons prescribed by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (N. Y. Off. Comp. of Codes, Rules & Regulations, 10th Off. Supp., 1955, pp. 734-743) was issued to the defendant by a patrolman of the Police Department of the Village of Canton. It was addressed to the defendant and he was "notified to appear" before a Police Justice the next...

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