State v. Rookhuyzen

¶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 constructive arraignment — the Striker rule.1 Here, the defendant’s speedy trial rights were not violated when he was arraigned 30 days after the information was filed. Thus, we affirm.

FACTS

¶2 On November 15, 2007, a Skagit County prosecutor filed an information charging Bert Rookhuyzen with assault in the second degree and making…