State v. Keith

The only question at issue in this appeal is whether the “60-day” speedy trial rule in CrR 3.3(c) and the “next-day-after-arrest” preliminary appearance rule in JCrR 2.03(a) (1) are applicable to prison escapees recaptured and returned to custody who, while serving out their original sentence, may also be charged for the separate crime of escape.

The facts pertaining to each appeal are as follows. The five appellants were all incarcerated in the Washington Correction Center at Shelton. Appellants Keith, Worthey and Daniels escaped from the institution the morning of December 29, 1973. Keith…