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PEOPLE v. CASTRO

55 N.Y.2d 972 (1982)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Felix Castro, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mage, Barry C. Scheck and Lawrence A. Vogelman for appellant.

Michael Kavanagh, District Attorney (Susan Shaw of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur in memorandum; Chief Judge COOKE and Judge JONES taking no part.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

We agree that there was no violation of defendant's right to a speedy trial, as to the constitutional right for the reasons stated by the Appellate Division and as to the statutory right (CPL 30.30, subd 4, par [g]) because the efforts of the District Attorney to obtain assignment of visiting Judges constituted a sufficient...

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