Commonwealth v. Weed

The defendant, Douglas E. Weed, was indicted by a grand jury in July, 2007, on eight sex offenses, and was arraigned on those charges on August 27, 2007. After arraignment, the charges were bifurcated; five counts were tried separately and are not part of this appeal.1 When, by February 23, 2009, the defendant had not yet been tried on any of the *124charges, he filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that he had not been brought to trial within twelve months of his arraignment as required by Mass.R.Crim.P. 36(b)(1), 378 Mass. 909 (1979). The defendant’s motion was denied. On September 17, 2009,…