Legal Opinion
State v. Wirth
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 10, 1985No. 6674-2-IIPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPetrie, J.
— The State appeals dismissal of an information filed against Terri Wirth for sale of a controlled substance. The issue on appeal is the propriety of the trial court's dismissal for excessive and unjustified delay between the filing of the information and arrest. We affirm.
On January 16, 1980, an information was filed, and a warrant for arrest was issued, charging Wirth with selling a controlled substance to two police informants on September 16, 1979. Wirth was arrested June 5, 1982, and arraigned June 8, 1982. Until her arrest, Wirth was unaware that she had been charged or was being…
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