Can a defendant waive his speedy trial time by email to the assigned assistant district attorney?
The following excerpt is from People v. DeBellis, 17 N.Y.S.3d 384 (Table) (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 2015):
On March 13, 2013, Defendant was arraigned on a felony complaint and the case was adjourned to June 16, 2014 to Part F for grand jury action. By email dated March 14, 2014 to the assigned assistant district attorney, defense counsel explicitly waived the speedy-trial time for this period. Defense counsel may validly waive a client's statutory speedy trial right by so notifying the People in writing during the course of on-going plea bargaining negotiations (People v. Waldron, 6 NY3d 463 [2006] ).
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