People v. Lopez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J., at suppression hearing; John Stackhouse, J., at speedy trial motion, jury trial and sentence), rendered March 20, 2000, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s speedy trial motion. After a thorough hearing, the court properly determined that the period of 155 days during…