State v. Baxter

—The State appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of charges against Henry Baxter based on the trial court's interpretation of the time period within which the accused must be brought to trial under CrR 3.3. The issues we are asked to decide are (1) the determination of the date from which to calculate the period during which defendant must be brought to trial, when there has been a substantial delay between the filing of an information and the defendant's arraignment, and (2) the determination of any excluded time once the speedy trial period has started. We affirm the dismissal.

On August…