State v. Torres

This is a prosecution for first degree assault. Rosalio Torres, Jr., assigns error to the court’s refusal to dismiss the case because the court failed to set his trial within the requirements of the speedy trial rule, CrR 3.3. The court continued the trial to accommodate scheduled polygraph training of the State’s witness. However, the record is inadequate for us to pass upon the propriety of that ruling. Mr. Torres, through his attorney, stipulated, however, to the consolidation of this case with a companion prosecution, and that is a tenable ground for continuing the trial. Mr. Torres also…