OPINION OF THE COURT
MASTRO, J.P.
In a criminal prosecution, may the People avoid the dismissal of an indictment on speedy trial grounds by invoking the "exceptional circumstances" exclusion of CPL 30.30(4)(g) to exclude the period during which an appeal is pending in an unrelated prosecution involving similar legal issues? We hold today that they may not.
The defendant was arrested in Suffolk County on February 1, 2006 and was charged by felony...
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