PEOPLE v. JEFFRIES


19 N.Y.2d 564 (1967)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George F. Jeffries, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 25, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry D. Marcus and John J. McGoey for appellant.

Leonard Rubenfeld, District Attorney (Arthur L. Del Negro, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.

Chief JUDGE FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS and KEATING concur with Judge BERGAN; Judge BREITEL dissents and votes to affirm in an opinion in which Judges BURKE and SCILEPPI concur.


BERGAN, J.

The information which became the basis of the jurisdiction of the City Court of New Rochelle, where defendant was arraigned, tried, convicted and fined for driving while intoxicated, was entirely lacking in any personal knowledge of the facts by the policeman who swore to it. Its sufficiency was challenged at the trial by appropriate motion.

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