Opinion
Submitted January 12, 2000
February 24, 2000
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Corso, J.), rendered February 4, 1998, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Gregory J. Neilon of counsel), for appellant.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Brian T. Grauer of counsel), for respondent.
LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., DANIEL W. JOY, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN and SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's claim that prearrest delay deprived him of his constitutional rights to due process and a speedy trial is without merit (see, People v. Singer, 44 N.Y.2d 241 ; People v. Sacasa, 214 A.D.2d 688 ; People v. Applewaite, 192 A.D.2d 616 ; People v. Rosado, 166 A.D.2d 544 ).