People v. Palacios

Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), dated April 19, 1990, which granted the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 30.30 (1) (a) to dismiss the indictment.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, the motion is denied, the indictment is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings.

In granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment on statutory speedy trial grounds, the Supreme Court found that 196 days were chargeable to…