PEOPLE v. FARMER


36 N.Y.2d 386 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Rallin T. Farmer, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Monserrate, District Attorney (Gerard Rohde of counsel), for appellant.

Vincent P. Vetrano for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI and JONES concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge FUCHSBERG concurs in a separate opinion in which Judge WACHTLER concurs; Judge COOKE dissents and votes to affirm in another opinion.


Per Curiam.

Sections 1192 and 1196 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law are, by express legislative design, inextricably interrelated (see L 1970, ch 275, §§ 3, 6; Memorandum of Senator Caemmerer, NY Legis. Ann., 1970, pp 364-365; Governor's Approval Memorandum, NY Legis. Ann., 1970, pp 482, 483). A simplified traffic information charging a violation of subdivision 3 of section 1192 gives ample notice to a defendant...

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