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PEOPLE v. GANCI

27 N.Y.2d 418 (1971)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Anthony Ganci, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Crandall, James J. McDonough and Matthew Muraskin for appellant.

William Cahn, District Attorney (Henry P. DeVine and Jules E. Orenstein of counsel), for respondent.

Judges SCILEPPI, JASEN and GIBSON concur with Judge BERGAN; Judge BREITEL concurs in an opinion; Chief Judge FULD dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judge BURKE concurs.

BERGAN, J.

Defendant was arraigned in the Nassau County Court June 13, 1967 on an indictment charging robbery, larceny and assault. His trial began some 16 months later, September 30, 1968. He was convicted and sentenced. The main question on appeal is appellant's contention that the delay unreasonably deprived him of his constitutional and statutory right to a prompt trial.

Since appellant would have...

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