People v. Mendez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered September 8, 1995, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

*362By pleading guilty, defendant waived his statutory speedy trial claim (People v O’Brien, 56 NY2d 1009). Since defendant’s speedy trial motion, while purportedly raising constitutional issues, failed to address the factors set forth in People v Taranovich (37 NY2d 422) and merely raised…