The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the indictment dismissed.
Lengthy postreadiness delays attributable to defendant do not constitute an "exceptional fact or circumstance" within the meaning of CPL 30.30 (3) (b) sufficient to excuse adjournments resulting from the trial assistant's planned European vacation. Such an adjournment, here amounting to 28 days, is clearly chargeable to...
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