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People v. Alexander

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 3, 1953
116 N.E.2d 494 (N.Y. 1953)

Opinion

Argued October 22, 1953

Decided December 3, 1953

Appeal from the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Appellate Part, First Department, ANDREWS, C.M.

Harris B. Steinberg for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney ( Harold Roland Shapiro and Charles W. Manning of counsel), for respondent.


The judgments should be reversed and the information dismissed on the ground that the evidence adduced by the People was not sufficient to establish a violation of section 34 of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Parks of the City of New York. Section 48 of those rules — not charged in the information — is the provision which covers stopping or parking "in a vehicle" in a park after dark, but that section may not be relied upon to support the conviction, since there was no allegation or showing, as required by section 48, that defendant had stopped or parked at a place other than one "designated or maintained" therefor.

LEWIS, Ch. J., DESMOND, DYE, FULD and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur in Per Curiam opinion; CONWAY and FROESSEL, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm upon the ground that in our opinion the evidence clearly establishes a violation of section 34 of said rules and regulations.

Judgments reversed, etc.


Summaries of

People v. Alexander

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 3, 1953
116 N.E.2d 494 (N.Y. 1953)
Case details for

People v. Alexander

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FREDERICK ALEXANDER…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 3, 1953

Citations

116 N.E.2d 494 (N.Y. 1953)
116 N.E.2d 494

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