People v. Hammer

— Judgment, Supreme Court, *522New York County (Carol Berkman, J., on speedy trial motion; Herbert J. Adlerberg, J., at plea and sentence), rendered November 29, 1990, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

We find no merit to defendant’s contention that he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. There is ample evidence that the authorities exercised due diligence in attempting to discover defendant’s whereabouts over a period of approximately two years after the…