People v. Chirieleison

The defendant was indicted in 1950 by a Kings County grand jury for the crime of robbery in the first degree committed in June of that year. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Shortly thereafter, by reason of a conviction in New York County, he was sentenced to imprisonment in state prison for five years. In June of 1955, having served that sentence, he was returned to the Kings County Court for trial on the 1950 charge. Several months later, in October, he moved, through counsel, to dismiss the indictment on the ground that he had been denied his right to a speedy trial. We had not yet…