People v. Peterson

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Dutchess County (Traficanti, J.), dated January 4, 1985, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment for failure to accord him a speedy trial.

Order affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to dismiss the instant indictment on speedy trial grounds was granted due to the People’s failure to establish that the two-year delay in announcing their readiness for trial was an excludable period under CPL 30.30 (4). It *498is the People’s position that the period from the commencement of the proceedings on August 13, 1982 until the defendant’s…