State v. Welker

¶1 The Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD)1 establishes procedures governing the transfer of a prisoner incarcerated in one jurisdiction to temporary custody in a second jurisdiction for disposition of charges pending there. Monte Welker committed first degree burglary in Clark County, Washington in 2001. Welker was charged a month later but, at that time, he was incarcerated in Oregon in the Multnomah County jail on unrelated charges, where he remained for the next two years. During this time, Welker made several requests to officials at the Oregon jail to be brought into Washington,…