People v. Carthon

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Ordered that the order is affirmed.

At issue on this appeal is whether the People’s declaration of unreadiness in court due to the arresting officer’s unavailability rendered their prior off-calendar statement of readiness illusory. We conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, it did.

Insofar as is relevant to this appeal, defendant was charged in May 2013 with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 600 [2] [a]). On June 26, 2013, the People filed a supporting deposition and a statement of readiness, after which…