People v. Rocafuerte

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Nicolai, J.), rendered May 29, 1985, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The People declared their readiness to proceed to trial on May 7, 1981, less than four months after the defendant’s arrest and within the statutory six-month time period (CPL 30.30 [1] [a]). The defendant, however, argues that the People did not maintain readiness…