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People v. Dean

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 11, 1989
74 N.Y.2d 643 (N.Y. 1989)

Opinion

Decided May 11, 1989

Appeal from the Chautauqua County Court, Lee Towne Adams, J.

John T. Ward, District Attorney (J. Richard Goodell of counsel), for appellant.

Wilson C. Price, III, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The amended order of County Court should be modified by reinstating the speeding conviction and, as so modified, affirmed; and the case should be remitted to the County Court for consideration of the facts as to that conviction (CPL 470.25 [d]; 470.40 [2] [b]).

We agree with defendant, for the reasons stated in People v Campbell ( 73 N.Y.2d 481 [decided herewith]), that County Court properly reversed defendant's conviction for violating Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 (3).

The order appealed from also dismissed a speeding conviction because the supporting deposition was insufficient in failing to specify the speed limit that defendant allegedly violated. CPL 255.20 (1) provides that "all pre-trial motions shall be served or filed within forty-five days after arraignment * * * or within such additional time as the court may fix upon application of the defendant". Defendant's motion to dismiss was made over three months after his arraignment and he did not request an extension of time. Hence, the Town Court properly denied defendant's motion as untimely (see, People v Key, 45 N.Y.2d 111, 116).

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 N.Y.CRR 500.4), order modified by reinstating the speeding conviction and, as so modified, affirmed; and case remitted to Chautauqua County Court for consideration of the facts as to that conviction in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Dean

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 11, 1989
74 N.Y.2d 643 (N.Y. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Dean

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE P. DEAN…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 11, 1989

Citations

74 N.Y.2d 643 (N.Y. 1989)
542 N.Y.S.2d 512
540 N.E.2d 707

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