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The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ramon FABIAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judgment of conviction (Sheryl L. Parker, J.H.O.), rendered March 18, 2016, affirmed.
The information charging aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree (see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 511[1][a]) was jurisdictionally valid because it contained “nonconclusory factual allegations that, if assumed to be true, address[ed] each element of the crime charged, thereby affording reasonable cause to believe that defendant committed that offense” (People v. Matthew P., 26 NY3d 332, 335-336 [2015], quoting People v. Jackson, 18 NY3d 738, 741 [2012]; see People v. Kalin, 12 NY3d 225, 228-229 [2009]).
The information, including the certified abstract of defendant's driving record and certified proofs of mailing of notices of suspension of defendant's driver's license, alleged that at a specified date, time and location, defendant was operating a motor vehicle; that a computer check of the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles revealed that his license was suspended “for failure to answer a New York State summons three times on three or more dates,” that “all such summonses have printed on them, ‘[i]f you do not answer this ticket by mail within fifteen days your license will be suspended’ [and that] the suspension occurs automatically (by computer) within four weeks of the defendant's failure to answer.” These factual allegations were sufficient to establish that defendant was operating a motor vehicle while knowing or having reason to know that his license had been suspended or revoked (see People v. Gerado, 55 Misc 3d 127[A], 2017 NY Slip Op 50344[U][App Term, 1st Dept 2017], lv denied 29 NY3d 1079 [2017]; People v. Thompson, 52 Misc 3d 145[A], 2016 NY Slip Op 51287[U] [App Term, 1st Dept 2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 1076 [2016])
Per Curiam.
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Docket No: 570262 /16
Decided: October 05, 2020
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York.
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