Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided April 17, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Robert M. Mandelbaum, J.
The novel question presented by this speedy trial motion is whether the People’s consent to a suppression hearing renders chargeable an otherwise excludable adjournment. This court holds that it does not.
Charged with two counts of assault in the third degree and one count of harassment in the second degree, defendant moves to dismiss on the ground that his statutory right to a speedy trial has, he contends, been violated. When, as here, a defendant is accused of a misdemeanor punishable by a sentence of more than three months in jail,1 the People…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- People v. MendozaNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. KendziaNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- People v. Asmal-AucapinaCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2008
- People v. E.C.Criminal Court of the City of New York · 2009