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People v. CedenoPeople v. Cedeno

New York Court of Appeals
Jan 8, 1981
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OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant’s only contention ‍‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‍in our court is that the lapse of 13 months between his arrest and his arraignment on the indictment was an unreasonable delay in prosecution which ‍‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‍constituted a denial of his constitutional right to due process in consequence of which his conviction should be reversed and the indictment dismissed (People v Singer, 44 NY2d ‍‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‍241; People v Staley, 41 NY2d 789). While defendant did make a motion to dismiss the indictment under CPL 30.30, he made no motion to dismiss based on the ‍‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‍contention he now advances. In that circumstance he has failed to preserve that contention for our review (People v Lieberman, 47 NY2d 931).

Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg ‍‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‍and Meyer concur; Chief Judge Cooke taking no part.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Cedeno
Court Name: New York Court of Appeals
Date Published: Jan 8, 1981
Citations: 52 N.Y.2d 847; 418 N.E.2d 665; 437 N.Y.S.2d 72; 1981 N.Y. LEXIS 2175
Court Abbreviation: N.Y.
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