People v. Santos

—Appeal by the People from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Griffin, J.), dated December 11, 2001, as granted that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to dismiss the indictment on the ground of preindictment delay.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to dismiss the indictment on the ground of preindictment delay is denied, and the indictment is reinstated.

Although the approximately nine-month delay between the defendant’s identification as a suspect and his arrest…