PEOPLE EX REL. FERGUSON v. CAMPBELL


175 A.D.2d 959 (1991)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Harold L. Ferguson, Appellant, v. James Campbell, as Sheriff of Albany County, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

August 22, 1991


Petitioner commenced this habeas corpus proceeding claiming that the indictments against him should be dismissed and he should therefore be released from jail because he has not been tried within the six-month period of CPL 30.30 (1) (a). As County Court noted, however, the statute does not require that a defendant be tried within the six-month period, only that the People state their readiness for trial within that time. Court...

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