Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nicholas Devoe, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1927-12-13
Citations: 246 N.Y. 636
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nicholas Devoe, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 246
Pages: 636–637

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nicholas Devoe, Appellant.
(Submitted November 23, 1927;
decided December 13, 1927.)
Herbert A. O’Brien for appellant.
Elvin N. Edwards, District Attorney (Charles I. Wood and Richard H. Brown of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed. Held that though merely driving in excess of the speed stated in Highway Law, section 287, subdivision 2, may not in and of itself constitute the crime of reckless driving under Highway Law, section 287-b, yet the evidence in this case that defendant was driving at the rate of forty-six miles an hour at the place and in the circumstances described, does supply a basis for an inference by the .trier of the facts of the commission of said offense.
Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O'Brien, JJ.