PEOPLE v. DRAYTON


226 A.D.2d 171 (1996)

640 N.Y.S.2d 515

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Donald Drayton, Appellant

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

April 9, 1996


The trial court properly denied defendant's constitutional speedy trial motion. The record, to the extent provided by defendant, reveals that the delay was not extraordinarily lengthy, was primarily due to the People's efforts to locate eyewitnesses, that the charges were serious and that defendant was not prejudiced by the delay (People v Davis, 197 A.D.2d 375, lv denied 82 N.Y.2d 893).

Nor was defendant's sentence...

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