People v. Osgood

*40OPINION OF THE COURT

Wachtler, J.

The question on these appeals is whether the prosecutor’s statutory obligation to be ready for trial within six months after commencing a felony action against the accused (CPL 30.30, subd 1, par [a]) should be postponed when the felony complaint, the initial accusatory instrument, is dismissed because of the prosecutor’s inexcusable failure to prosecute.

In People v Haynes, the defendant was arrested on June 11,1977 and, the following day, was arraigned on a felony complaint. A felony hearing originally scheduled for June 27 was, at the People’s request,…