People v. Alderson

Appeal from an order of the County Court of Chemung County, entered June 6, 1976, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss an indictment against him. This criminal action was commenced on April 22, 1976 upon the filing of an indictment alleging that the defendant had possessed and sold a controlled substance in the City of Elmira on October 30, 1975. The defendant has moved for and obtained a dismissal of the indictment on the ground of prejudicial delay in presenting the matter to a Grand Jury and the People now appeal. The order should be reversed, defendant’s motion denied, and the…