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PEOPLE v. CHAVIS

91 N.Y.2d 500 (1998)

695 N.E.2d 1110

673 N.Y.S.2d 29

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Niheem Chavis, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Equan Mongo, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Silas Clark, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Shellenberger and Daniel L. Greenberg, New York City, for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Mark J. Fonte, Staten Island, for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Joseph LaMattina, Staten Island, for appellant in the third above-entitled action.

William L. Murphy, District Attorney of Richmond County, Staten Island (Jonathan J. Silbermann and Karen F. McGee of counsel), for respondent in the three above-entitled actions.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and WESLEY concur.

CIPARICK, J.

The question raised on each of these appeals is whether, for statutory speedy trial purposes, the People's statement that they were ready to proceed with a pretrial suppression hearing served as the equivalent of a declaration of trial readiness thus enabling the People to avoid being charged with subsequent delays mostly due to court congestion and other court scheduling problems. We conclude that...

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