People v. Mack

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (April A. Newbauer, J.), rendered March 13, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of forgery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

After considering the factors set forth in People v Taranovich (37 NY2d 442, 445 [1975]), we conclude that the court properly denied defendant’s constitutional speedy trial motion. Although there was substantial delay, it was satisfactorily explained, and relatively little of it was attributable to the People. Among other things,…