The court properly denied defendant's CPL 30.30 speedy trial motion. The motion turned on certain adjournments attributable to the unavailability of a retired detective, for reasons relating to his relocation to Florida, his own medical condition, and his need to visit his seriously ill father in Puerto Rico. These adjournments were correctly excluded as "occasioned by exceptional circumstances" (CPL 30.30 [4] [g]; People v Goodman,
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