Opinion
967
April 29, 2003.
Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Harold Lynch, J.), entered on or about December 15, 2000, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, upon a fact-finding determination that he committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of assault in the third degree, and placed him on probation for a period of 6½ months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Patricia S. Colella, for Louis P.
Ellen Ravitch, for Presentment Agency.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Andrias, Sullivan, Rosenberger, Wallach, JJ.
After weighing all the pertinent factors (see Matter of Benjamin L., 92 N.Y.2d 660), we conclude that appellant was not deprived of his constitutional right to a speedy trial. We find that the presentment agency provided a reasonable excuse for its seven-and-one-half-month delay in filing the petition, and that appellant was not prejudiced in any manner.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.