People v. Zale

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ethan Greenberg, J., at speedy trial motion; Harold Adler, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered September 25, 2012, convicting defendant of two counts of driving while intoxicated, and sentencing him to three years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s speedy trial motion. The court correctly determined that none of the People’s declarations of readiness were illusory. Initially, we note that unlike the situation in People v Sibblies (22 NY3d 1174 [2014]), this case does not involve an off-calendar certificate of…