PEOPLE v. HAWKINS


290 A.D.2d 320 (2002)

736 N.Y.S.2d 39

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NATHAN L. HAWKINS, Also Known as WILLIAM HAWKINS, Also Known as TERRENCE HOWARD, Appellant.

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

Decided January 17, 2002.


Defendant's constitutional speedy trial motion was properly denied (see, People v Taranovich, 37 N.Y.2d 442, 445). The 4½-year delay was caused primarily by defendant's failure to return to court for scheduled court dates, his interstate flight, and his use of an alias in order to avoid prosecution (see, People v Wing Keung Tsang, 284 A.D.2d 218...

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