Judgment reversed, on the law, indictment dismissed and the case is remitted to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, for the purpose of entering an order in its discretion pursuant to CPL 160.50.
The failure to afford defendant a trial within 180 days after he properly demanded one by invoking the procedures set forth in CPL 580.20 requires the dismissal of the indictment (see CPL 580.20; see, also, People v McBride,
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