State v. ROOKHUYZEN

200 P.3d 258 (2009)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Bert C. ROOKHUYZEN, Appellant.

No. 61427-4-I.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

January 20, 2009.

Erik Pedersen, Skagit County Prosecuting Atty, Attorney at Law, Mount Vernon, WA, for Respondent.

Corbin T. Volluz, Attorney at Law, Mount Vernon, WA, for Appellant.

GROSSE J.

¶1 A criminal defendant is entitled to a speedy trial. However, there is no set statutory time frame within which an out-of-custody defendant must first be brought before the court. The 2003 amendments to CrR 3.3 and 4.1 eliminated the judicially created doctrine of…