People v. Morton

Upon the application of defendant, Joseph Morton, and pursuant to the order of this court (Judge Young, *891March 29, 1966), a hearing was held to inquire into whether Indictment No. 14,924 should be dismissed for failure to prosecute (Code Crim. Pro., § 668).

Defendant was indicted by the Nassau County Grand Jury for the crimes of assault in the first degree and assault in the second degree (2 counts) on the 25th day of March, 1958, nearly one and a half years after the commission of the alleged crimes. Thereafter and on the 1st day of June, 1965, seven years and two months after the return of…