People v. Morris

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Kuffner, J.), rendered April 1, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and grand larceny in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment on speedy trial grounds was properly denied without a hearing, since it was clear from the court file and the parties’ papers that a significant portion of the 13-month delay between arrest and the People’s announced readiness for trial was excludable and the…