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People v. Clayton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 20, 2007
39 A.D.3d 873 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

April 20, 2007.

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Braslow, J.), dated January 30, 2006, which granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment pursuant to CPL 30.30 (1) (a).

Before: Miller, J.P., Ritter, Covello and McCarthy, JJ.


Ordered that the order is affirmed.

On February 8, 2005, the defendant was arraigned on a felony complaint that had been filed against him the previous day. At the arraignment, the court dismissed the felony complaint as insufficient and jurisdictionally defective.

More than six months later, an indictment was filed against the defendant which contained the same charges as those underlying the felony complaint. The defendant moved to dismiss the indictment pursuant to CPL 30.30 (1) (a), and the County Court, which found that the defendant had been deprived of his right to a speedy trial, granted the motion and dismissed the indictment.

The six-month period within which the People were required to be ready for trial is to be measured from the date of filing of the felony complaint, and not from the date of filing of the indictment, even when, as here, the complaint was dismissed ( see People v Osgood, 52 NY2d 37, 41-45; People v Lomax, 50 NY2d 351, 355-356). Since the record shows that the People were chargeable with more than six months of delay after the filing of the felony complaint, the County Court correctly granted the motion and dismissed the indictment ( see CPL 30.30 [a]).


Summaries of

People v. Clayton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 20, 2007
39 A.D.3d 873 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

People v. Clayton

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. JAMES CLAYTON…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 20, 2007

Citations

39 A.D.3d 873 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
834 N.Y.S.2d 320

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