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PEOPLE v. PURTELL

225 A.D.2d 496 (1996)

639 N.Y.S.2d 814

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Purtell, Appellant

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

March 28, 1996

While a defendant must be sentenced "without unreasonable delay" (CPL 380.30 [1]), delay caused by a defendant's conduct is excusable (People v Drake, 61 N.Y.2d 359, 366). Defendant first absconded in 1989, after pleading guilty to grand larceny. Thereafter, he was arrested and convicted of various crimes in several different States, and he repeatedly jumped bail that was set on New York fugitive warrants, after using aliases and...

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