People v. Cook

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered October 25, 2013, convicting him of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

CPL 380.30 mandates that the sentence of a criminal defendant “must be pronounced without unreasonable delay.” A lengthy and unexplained delay in imposing sentence will result in a loss of jurisdiction over the defendant, requiring dismissal of the indictment (see People v Drake, 61 NY2d 359, 364 [1984];…