People v. Nizza

OPINION OF THE COURT

Daniel J. Sullivan, J.

This is a motion by the defendant Nizza to dismiss a prosecutor’s information charging him with the class B misdemeanor of leaving the scene of an accident (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 600) on the ground that he has been deprived of *75his right to a speedy trial. The application is predicated on statutory law fixing arbitrary time periods — measured from the commencement of the criminal action — in which the prosecution must try an accused or suffer dismissal of the case (CPL 170.30, subd 1, par [e]; 30.30). Thus, the defendant has opted not to make any…