People v. Hill

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Kaye.

The core issue before us on this appeal is whether defendant, in concurring in the court’s suggested trial date set beyond the 180-day period mandated by the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) (CPL 580.20), waived his right to a speedy trial under that statute. Concluding that no waiver was effected^ we grant defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment for violation of the statute’s speedy trial provisions.

In December 1993, Monroe County law enforcement officials lodged a detainer 1 against defendant, then incarcerated at the Lorain Correctional…