People v. Hazel

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Adlerberg, J.), rendered October 26, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of three years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Although defendant’s motion purported to be based in part on the constitutional right to a speedy trial, it consisted exclusively of a claim under CPL 30.30, a ground waived by his guilty plea, and it thus gave the court no opportunity to weigh the factors set forth in People v Taranovich (37 NY2d 442).…