Opinion
June 22, 1999.
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard Fried, J.).
Appellate review of defendant's statutory speedy trial claim is foreclosed by his guilty plea ( People v. O'Brien, 56 N.Y.2d 1009; People v. Friscia, 51 N.Y.2d 845), the voluntariness of which he does not contest. Defendant's constitutional speedy trial claim is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that defendant has not established a violation of his constitutional right to a speedy trial ( see, People v. Taranovich, 37 N.Y.2d 442).
Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Tom, Wallach and Buckley, JJ.