People v. Robinson

*499The court properly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment, made on the ground of delay in sentencing (see CPL 380.30 [1]; People v Drake, 61 NY2d 359, 364-367 [1984]). The 11-year delay between plea and sentence was “attributable almost entirely to defendant’s conduct” (People v Maldonado, 52 AD3d 344, 345 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 790 [2008]).

Defendant concedes that he was initially responsible for the delay because he failed to appear for sentencing in 1997. However, he argues that the People had opportunities to produce him when he was arrested in New Jersey in 1999 and in…