PEOPLE v. LYONS


7 N.Y.2d 36 (1959)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William E. Lyons, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Lyons, appellant in person.

John M. Braisted, Jr., District Attorney (Ralph Di Iorio of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DYE and FROESSEL concur with Judge DESMOND; Judge BURKE dissents in an opinion in which Judges FULD and VAN VOORHIS concur.


DESMOND, J.

Turning from one street into another at an intersection described as "very busy" and "very dangerous" and equipped with no fewer than six three-phase traffic lights, defendant (as the officer swore and defendant admits) failed to give any turn signal. The only possible question on this appeal is as to the sufficiency of the proof of the statutory element: "in the event any other traffic may be affected...

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