People v. Timothy

Memorandum. We affirm the orders of the Appellate Division. Certainly the 22- and 29-month delays from arrest to trial attending the two indictments here in question were unfortunate *868and not to be encouraged. However, we are not able to conclude that such delay, by itself, has worked a denial' of defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights or in any way prejudiced him. Much of the delay during the latter stages was occasioned by defendant’s dissatisfaction with several assigned counsel who had to be replaced, and by counsel’s other engagements (People v. Purdy, 29 N Y 2d 800). During a discussion…