People v. Mendez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (McQuillan, J.), rendered December 4,1975 convicting defendant, after jury trial, of the crime of assault in the second degree (Penal Law, § 120.05) and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment with a maximum of seven years, is unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, and the indictment is dismissed. On the original appeal in this matter, we held final decision in abeyance pending a hearing, which we directed, to determine whether there had been a denial of defendant’s right to a speedy trial (63…