Opinion ID: 2598371
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Adjusting the Time for Trial Deadline

Text: The calculation of the time for trial deadline will be adjusted in certain circumstances. For example, the time for trial computation is tolled if the defendant is being held for [p]reliminary proceedings and trial on another charge. CrR 3.3(g)(2). That exclusion ends upon a disposition occurring in the other case, such as the entering of a guilty plea. Huffmeyer, 145 Wash.2d at 61, 32 P.3d 996. Here the Jefferson County prosecutor filed the information on September 7, 1999. The Jefferson County prosecutor requested transport for Swenson on September 14, 1999, just after King County had requested transport. On September 14, 1999, Swenson was sent to and held in King County for preliminary proceedings on charges in that county; therefore, the time for trial clock was tolled. [3] On October 14, 1999, Swenson pleaded guilty to the charges in King County, thus re-commencing the time for trial clock for the Jefferson County charges. His constructive arraignment date would be 14 days later, on October 28, 1999. Consequently, his time for trial deadline would be January 26, 2000, or 90 days after his constructive arraignment date.