ALBANY — New York’s highest court on Thursday dismissed an indictment against a man who spent more than five years at Rikers Island without a trial, on the basis that prosecutors violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

In a 4-3 decision, People v. Wiggins, No. 15, the Court of Appeals favored Reginald Wiggins, who was 16 years old when he was indicted on a charge of allegedly shooting and killing a 15-year-old at a 2008 party in Manhattan. The court reversed a 3-2 decision by the Appellate Division in 2016 (People v. Wiggins, 143 AD3d 451 (1st Dept 2016)) and ordered the indictment dismissed in the majority’s opinion, with which Associate Judges Jenny Rivera, Leslie Stein and Rowan Wilson concurred.

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