People v. Wiggins

Moskowitz and Gesmer, JJ.,

dissent in a memorandum by Gesmer, J., as follows: I respectfully dissent.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the New York State' Bill of Rights (Civil Rights Law § 12) guarantee the right to a speedy trial to an individual charged with a crime. Under the New York State Constitution’s due process clause, the individual charged with a crime is guaranteed an even broader right to be prosecuted without unreasonable delay (NY Const, art I, § 6; People v Singer, 44 NY2d 241, 253 [1978]; People v Staley, 41 NY2d 789 [1977]; People v Winfrey, 20 NY2d…