PEOPLE v. DUBININ (2019)

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.

This action was commenced to impose a civil liability upon defendant as the owner of a motor vehicle which had been recorded by a camera failing to stop at a red light, in violation of Suffolk County Local Law § 20-2009 (see Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1111-b, 1111 [d]). At a nonjury trial, the People's evidence consisted of photographs of defendant's vehicle at the scene, a video, the vehicle's abstract, and a certificate by a technician certifying that she had reviewed the video and photographs and had determined that defendant's vehicle had not stopped at a red light. This evidence established, prima facie, defendant's liability (see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1111-b [d]). Moreover, defendant admitted that his “vehicle [had gone] through the red light, making the right turn very slowly with no danger to anybody without coming to a complete stop, before making a turn.” In view of the foregoing, we find no merit to defendant's contention that the court was biased against him and had determined that defendant was liable prior to hearing the evidence. We have reviewed defendant's remaining contentions and similarly find them to be without merit.

Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

ADAMS, P.J., GARGUILO and RUDERMAN, JJ., concur.