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PEOPLE v. PURDY

29 N.Y.2d 800 (1971)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronald F. Purdy, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Minoff for appellant.

Burton B. Roberts, District Attorney (Robert M. Silverson, Jr. of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.

Order affirmed in the following memorandum: Although there was a delay of 16 months between defendant's plea and his trial, during which he made three applications to dismiss for failure to prosecute, adjournments are shown by the record of proceedings in the trial court to have been due on two occasions to requests by appellant's lawyer for postponement because of other trial engagements and once due to a request for time to familiarize...

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