State v. Carpenter

The issue here is whether defendant was denied a speedy trial pursuant to CrR 3.3. More specifically, it is the applicable date from which to calculate the period during which defendant must be brought to trial. Defendant contends the interpretation of CrR 3.3 announced in State v. Striker, 87 Wn.2d 870, 557 P.2d 847 (1976), should apply and that the applicable date is the filing of the information. We agree and reverse.

The sequence of events is crucial to our determination. The chronological account of the facts is as follows:

April 1978. Sergeant Meier of the Olympia Police Department took…