PEOPLE v. HEIDT (2023)

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York,

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John HEIDT, Defendant-Appellant.

570392 /16

Decided: November 15, 2023

PRESENT: Hagler, P.J., Tisch, J.

Judgment of conviction (Guy H. Mitchell, J., at CPL 30.30 motion; Melissa A. Crane, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered May 23, 2016, affirmed.

Defendant forfeited review of his speedy trial claim by pleading guilty (see People v Suarez, 55 NY2d 940 [1982]). The recent amendments to CPL 30.30, which, inter alia, permit a defendant who pleaded guilty to raise a statutory speedy trial claim on appeal (see CPL 30.30[6]), and extended statutory speedy trial limitations to traffic infractions charged in the same accusatory instrument with certain other offenses (see CPL 30.30[1][e]), are not retroactive, and do not apply to criminal actions commenced prior to the January 1, 2020 effective date of the legislation (see L 2019, ch 59, part KKK, § 1), such as this 2016 action (see People v Galindo, 38 NY3d 199 [2022]; People v Hall, 210 AD3d 482, 483 [2022], lv denied 39 NY3d 1078 [2023]; People v Lara-Medina, 195 AD3d 542 [2021], lv denied 37 NY3d 993 [2021]).

We decline defendant's invitation to vacate his conviction in the interest of justice.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

Per Curiam.

All concur.

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