People v. Nazario

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard L. Price, J, at Singer hearing; Caesar D., J., at nonjury trial and sentencing), rendered September 12, 2006, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The hearing court properly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground of prearrest delay (see People v Singer, 44 NY2d 241 [1978]; People v Taranovich, 37 NY2d 442, 445 [1975]; see also United States v Lovasco, 431 US 783 [1977]). Although the almost 12-year delay was significant, it was not…