Legal Opinion
People v. Romeo
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 2009PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Acting Chief Judge Ciparick.
The question raised by this appeal is whether the People’s lengthy postindictment delay occasioned by delaying their prosecution in favor of a Canadian prosecution violated defendant’s constitutional right to a speedy trial. Applying the five-factor speedy trial analysis articulated in People v Taranovich (37 NY2d 442 [1975]), we conclude that it did and therefore affirm.
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In November 1985, a fatal shooting occurred in the victim’s Fire Island home, in Suffolk County. Ballistics evidence taken over a year later indicated that a gun belonging to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- People v. TaranovichNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Strunk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by76 opinions
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