State v. Miller

Shirley Yvonne Miller appeals her conviction of eight counts of first degree theft and one count of forgery, challenging the trial court’s decisions relating to a civil contempt order and claiming that she was denied a speedy trial. Prior to trial, Miller was incarcerated for 14 months under an order of civil contempt for her failure to provide a handwriting exemplar to the prosecution. During this incarceration, the trial court tolled Miller’s CrR 3.3 speedy trial rights. We conclude that it was proper for the trial court to order Miller to provide the handwriting exemplar, to apply a…