State v. Adams

This is the third of three cases that we decide today under the so-called speedy trial statutes, ORS 135.745 to 135.750. This case arises out of defendant’s motion to dismiss on the ground that the state had failed to bring him to trial within a “reasonable period of time” under ORS 135.747. The case differs from the other two cases in that the trial court here granted defendant’s motion, 2 and the Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling. State v. Adams, 193 Or App 469, 89 P3d 1283 (2004). In seeking review of the Court of Appeals decision, the state focuses on the reasoning that the trial…