People v. Blas

The defendant, Richard Joseph Bias, was indicted on March 6, 1975 and arraigned on March 14, 1975, in connection with the alleged crimes of criminal sale of a dangerous drug in the fourth degree and criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fifth degree. The crimes named in the indictment are alleged to have occurred on August 13, 1973, some 17 months prior to defendant’s arraignment upon a Suffolk County District Court felony complaint. Asserting a violation of his constitutional rights under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, defendant moves now for an order dismissing…