PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS (2019)

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York.

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jerrell WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

570732 /17

Decided: September 18, 2019

PRESENT: Shulman, P.J., Gonzalez, Edmead, JJ.

Judgment of conviction (Joanne B. Watters, J.), rendered October 13, 2017, affirmed.

The accusatory instrument was not jurisdictionally defective. Allegations that defendant was behind the steering wheel of a car with its motor running satisfied the operation element of the Vehicle and Traffic Law offense to which he pleaded guilty (see People v. Alamo, 34 NY2d 453, 458-459 [1974]; People v. Almanzar, 113 AD3d 527 [2014], lv denied 23 NY3d 1059 [2014]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

Per Curiam.

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