People v. Buntin

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Cooperman, J.), rendered February 25, 1982, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, upon reargument, of the defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment pursuant to CPL 30.30.

Judgment affirmed.

The defendant’s right to a speedy trial was not violated. In cases involving absent defendants, preindictment delays have been held to be chargeable to the People because the defendants’ actions did not…