People v. Felder

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: After the People announced readiness for trial, defendant moved to dismiss the indictment for insufficiency of the evidence before the Grand Jury. The court determined that it would inspect the Grand Jury minutes and requested that the Grand Jury stenographer provide a transcript of the minutes. The minutes were not provided to the court until more than six months thereafter.

During the time that the People failed to provide the court with a transcript of the Grand Jury minutes, they could not be considered to be ready for trial (see, People v…