People v. Battle

Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.), dated July 9, 2001, which granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment against him pursuant to CPL 30.30.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, the motion is denied, the indictment is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings on the indictment.

The defendant was not denied his statutory right to a speedy trial pursuant to CPL 30.30. On May 22, 2000, at the time the defendant made the speedy trial motion, the People…