Case ID: misc2d_2/html/0026-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Nevins, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leo F. Woodard, Appellant.
    County Court, Cattaraugus County,
    April 11, 1956.
    
      L. Robert Leisner for appellant.
    J. Richmond Page, District Attorney, for respondent.
   Nevins, J.

This is an appeal from a conviction of a violation of subdivision 2 of section 56 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

An appellate court must review the evidence to determine if there was proof beyond a reasonable doubt to sustain a conviction. (Code Crim Pro., § 764.)

A brief summary of the testimony was in the Police Justice return, but the testimony was not reduced to writing. It is impossible to judge the credibility and weight to be given conflicting testimony where it is briefly summarized in narrative form and not set out verbatim.

It follows that a reasonable doubt is created, and the defendant is entitled to his discharge.

Information dismissed; fine remitted.

Prepare order accordingly.