People v. Salcedo

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered February 15, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 23 years to life, 5 to 15 years, and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The nearly 16-year delay in commencing defendant’s prosecution, although lengthy, does not warrant dismissal of the indictment inasmuch as the original charge against defendant was extremely serious,…