People v. Miller

Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated October 3, 1977, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment for failure to provide a speedy trial. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, and indictment reinstated. We find here that the four- and one-half-year delay in bringing this matter on for trial was occasioned by defendant’s absconding after his arraignment in the Criminal Court. The inference is inescapable, from his own admission, that he was living with his codefendant, who was held for the Grand Jury after a Criminal Court hearing which…