Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Muller, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-04
Citations: 226 A.D. 773
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Muller, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 773–773

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Muller, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment of conviction of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Queens, reversed upon the law and the facts, and new trial ordered. Defendant testified that he was ill and unconscious at the time the train that he was operating passed the danger signal. If so, there could not be a willful violation of his duty not to pass the signal. The trial court should have taken this into account as the determining feature in deciding whether there was a violation of the statute in question (Penal Law, § 1984, subd. 2). Lazansky, P. J., Rich, Young, Seeger and Carswell, JJ., concur.