People v. Virgil

Hancock, Jr., J. P. (dissenting).

I must disagree. The majority’s conclusion that defendant’s constitutional right to a *287speedy trial (CPL 30.20) has been offended under People v Taranovich (37 NY2d 442) presupposes a "22-month delay between defendant’s arrest and his trial”. To charge the People with 22 months for purposes of the CPL 30.20 analysis under the circumstances here is, in my view, totally unwarranted. On July 24, 1981 defendant was arrested on charges arising out of the alleged knife-point robbery of a homosexual. During the pendency of the charges stemming from this incident,…