112 Misc. 2d 28 | N.Y. App. Term. | 1981
OPINION OF THE COURT
Judgment of conviction rendered May 12, 1980 is affirmed.
We agree with H. Altman, J. (People v Callender, 101 Misc 2d 958), that the time which elapsed from arraignment to the conversion of a misdemeanor complaint to an information (CPL 170.65; 100.10, subd 4) should not be charged to the People in computing the delay in derogation of defendant’s right to a speedy trial (CPL 30.30). Since a misdemeanor action proceeds in its pretrial stages in the
Concur: Hughes, J. P., Riccobono and Asch, JJ.