Opinion
December 7, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.).
CPL 30.30 (4) (a) provides that delay resulting from other proceedings concerning the defendant constitutes excludable time. The trial court properly found that there was no speedy trial violation and excluded the time during which the People were prepared to go forward on this indictment while defendant was tried on another indictment. Nor does CPL 30.30 impose an obligation on the People to be in regular contact with each of their witnesses while a defendant's other cases wind their way through the criminal justice system.
The court's charge, on the jurors' obligation to harmonize their views, was fair and balanced and did not suggest that jurors should surrender a conscientiously held belief (see, People v Ali, 65 A.D.2d 513, 514, affd 47 N.Y.2d 920).
We have examined defendant's remaining claims and find them to be without merit.
Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Wallach, Kupferman and Rubin, JJ.