Opinion
January 8, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J., on first speedy trial motion; Harold Beeler, J., on second speedy trial motion, plea and sentence).
Analysis of all five of the Taranovich factors leads us to conclude that defendant was not denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial (CPL 30.20; People v. Taranovich, 37 N.Y.2d 442). We specifically note that almost all of the delay resulted either from defendant's absconding or from motion practice, and that defendant's claims of prejudice are conclusory and unsupported by the record.
Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Wallach, Rubin, Williams and Tom, JJ.