State v. Wells

(concurring)—The right to a speedy trial in criminal cases is guaranteed by the Washington State Constitution, article 1, section 22, and by the sixth amendment to the United States Constitution as made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. Klopfer v. North Carolina, 386 U.S. 213, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1, 87 Sup. Ct. 988 (1967). In Klopfer, at 223, the Supreme Court, tracing the evolution of the right to prompt trial, said it “is as fundamental as any of the rights secured by the Sixth Amendment.” RCW 10.46.010 provides that a defendant indicted or informed against shall be brought to…