People v. Brown

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered January 4, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

We reject defendant’s argument that the court erred in not holding a Singer hearing where there was a nine-year preindictment delay.

The trial court properly denied defendant’s speedy trial motion without a hearing on the reasons for the nine-year preindictment delay.

Mere length of delay does not entitle a defendant to a hearing where, as here, there is no showing…