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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