The court properly denied defendant's speedy trial motion. The dispositive issue is whether the People's declarations of readiness were rendered illusory by the undisputed fact that, on the dates in question, they were not yet in possession of forensic evidence and medical records that they ultimately introduced at trial. We find no basis for finding these unequivocal announcements of present readiness to be illusory. There is nothing in CPL 30.30 to preclude the People from...
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