Opinion
11-15-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Heidt, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Guy H. Mitchell, J., at CPL 30.30 motion; Melissa A. Crane, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered May 23, 2016, convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of driving while impaired by alcohol, and imposing sentence.
PRESENT: Hagler, P.J., Tisch, J.
PER CURIAM.
Judgment of conviction (Guy H. Mitchell, J., at CPL 30.30 motion; Melissa A. Crane, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered May 23, 2016, affirmed.
Defendant forfeited review of his speedy trial claim by pleading guilty (see People v Suarez, 55 N.Y.2d 940 [1982]). The recent amendments to CPL 30.30, which, inter alia, permit a defendant who pleaded guilty to raise a statutory speedy trial claim on appeal (see CPL 30.30[6]), and extended statutory speedy trial limitations to traffic infractions charged in the same accusatory instrument with certain other offenses (see CPL 30.30[1][e]), are not retroactive, and do not apply to criminal actions commenced prior to the January 1, 2020 effective date of the legislation (see L 2019, ch 59, part KKK, § 1), such as this 2016 action (see People v Galindo, 38 N.Y.3d 199 [2022]; People v Hall, 210 A.D.3d 482, 483 [2022], lv denied 39 N.Y.3d 1078 [2023]; People v Lara-Medina, 195 A.D.3d 542 [2021], lv denied 37 N.Y.3d 993 [2021]).
We decline defendant's invitation to vacate his conviction in the interest of justice.
I concur.