PEOPLE v. BRIGGS


38 N.Y.2d 319 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jamalabo A. Briggs, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhea Kemble Neugarten, Carl O. Callender, Henry H. Korn and Marlene Alva for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Karen Zelfman Bell of counsel), for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur with Chief Judge BREITEL; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion.


Chief Judge BREITEL.

Defendant appeals from a conviction, after nonjury trial, for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting property damage (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 600). He was sentenced to an unconditional discharge and his motor vehicle operator's license revoked. The Appellate Term affirmed, without opinion. Defendant's operator's license has since been reinstated pursuant to the filing...

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