City of Seattle v. Clewis

¶1 — A key prosecution witness twice failed to appear for trial dates in the case against appellant Rulan Clewis. Clewis challenges the continuances that were granted and other rulings related to the reluctant witness. We affirm. The trial court acted within its considerable discretion to grant a continuance that does not extend a case beyond the speedy trial deadline.

¶2 According to her testimony at trial, the witness called 911 on July 16,2007, to report a man and a woman fighting on the sidewalk across the street. While she was on the phone, the man approached her and hit her in the face.…