Opinion
April 5, 1993
Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Lange, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We agree with the People that no violation of the defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial (US Const 6th, 14th Amends; N Y Const, art I, § 6) occurred under the circumstances of this case. Far from seeking an expeditious disposition of the charges pending against him in New York, the defendant waged a protracted legal battle in order to thwart the People's attempt to compel his production in this State pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (CPL art 580; see, Furka v Commissioner of Corrections, 41 Conn. Sup. 320, 573 A.2d 772, affd 21 Conn. App. 298, 573 A.2d 358). Almost all of the entirely nonprejudicial delay which occurred in bringing the defendant to justice in New York is attributable to the defendant himself. Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Lawrence and O'Brien, JJ., concur.