People v. Brown

*1061OPINION OF THE COURT

John M. Leventhal, J.

Defendant moves for the dismissal of his indictment for criminal contempt in the first and second degrees on grounds that the nearly three-year delay between his indictment and his arraignment violated his constitutionally guaranteed right to due process and to a speedy trial. Alternatively, defense counsel asks that the court grant a hearing in order to assess the merits of the prosecution’s assertion that the delayed arraignment was justified because of the defendant’s refusals to be fingerprinted and the attendant civil liability concerns that…