State v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “This is not to say that the State has no responsibility to reassign a vacationing deputy's cases to the next most available deputy, and to control the schedule of vacations in such a manner as to minimize the need to reassign cases. Such clearly is required and such clearly was done here. We emphasize that the State has an obligation to accommodate both responsibly scheduled vacations for its deputy prosecutors and a defendant's CrR 3.3 rights. We hold that when the State has responsibly managed its resources in terms of the available deputy prosecutors, courtrooms and judges, and also in terms of the responsible scheduling of prosecutor vacations, but due to unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances beyond the control of the parties or the court, a criminal case cannot be tried on its set date or before the CrR 3.3 expiration date, the State may accommodate the planned vacation of the deputy prosecutor, so long as the case is reassigned in good faith to the next most available deputy prosecutor.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Heredia-Juarez · State v. HEREDIAJUAREZ

2. “When speedy trial and consolidation considerations collide, the court must balance the competing interests.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 126 Wash. App. 395 - State v. O'NEAL