PEOPLE v. LATHON

13026, 2857/11

120 A.D.3d 1132 (2014)

992 N.Y.S.2d 424

2014 NY Slip Op 06368

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. DEMETRIUS LATHON, Respondent.

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

Decided September 25, 2014.


Defendant's speedy trial motion turns on the preindictment period from April 15, 2011 through August 15, 2011, during which the People were awaiting the results of DNA testing of samples taken from defendant and his codefendant pursuant to a court order. Under the circumstances of this case, this period was excludable as a "delay occasioned by exceptional circumstances" resulting from the "unavailability of evidence material to the people's case" (CPL 30.30[4][g][i]; see...

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