People v. Buchanan

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County, rendered December 6, 1974, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of petit larceny. In December of 1972 defendant was indicted and charged with four counts of tampering with public records in the first degree and one count of grand larceny in the third degree. Although she was arraigned on December 20, 1972 and released on bail, the trial which resulted in her conviction of petit larceny did not commence until November 4, 1974. Various defense motions were made following arraignment and were decided by February 27, 1973.…