State v. Harris

94 P.3d 379 (2004)

122 Wash.App. 498

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Francis Tye HARRIS, Appellant.

No. 21986-1-III.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Six.

July 13, 2004.

Dennis W. Morgan, Attorney at Law, Ritzville, WA, for Appellant.

Paige L. Sully, Attorney at Law, Pasco, WA, for Respondent.

SWEENEY, A.C.J.

By court rule a criminal defendant in custody must be brought to trial within 60 days of arraignment. But the speedy trial time is tolled for competency or sanity evaluations. Former CrR 3.3(g)(1) (2001). Here, the court ordered a competency evaluation on Francis Harris's…