Opinion
98-02715
Submitted April 9, 2002
May 20, 2002.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dabiri, J.), rendered March 19, 1998, convicting him criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts) and criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree (two counts), after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Patrick Hayes, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Seth M. Lieberman, and Helen M. Polyzos of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, LEO F. McGINITY, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly denied his speedy trial motion pursuant to CPL 30.30(1)(a) (see People v. Caraballo, 285 A.D.2d 610, lv denied 97 N.Y.2d 680; People v. Pittman, 282 A.D.2d 693).
SANTUCCI, J.P., ALTMAN, McGINITY and ADAMS, JJ., concur.