Respondent's Brief - Washington State Courts

The court originally set Defendant's trial date for February 24,
2010. CP 159; Appendix A. However, on January 15, 2010, the
defendant requested a 106-day continuance to June 10, 2010, which the
court granted. CP 160; Appendix B.
On June 10, 2010, both parties requested a 39-day continuance to
July 19, 2010, which the court granted, due, in part, to the receipt of new
discovery in the form of counseling records. CP 161; Appendix C.
On July 19, 2010, the State requested a 52-day continuance to
September 9, 2010, which the court granted, due to the unavailability of
two of the State's material witnesses and the scheduling of a defense
interview of one of those witnesses, who was apparently out of the country
at the time. CP 162; 02/24/ 2010 RP 4 -11 Appendix D.
On September 3, 2010, defense counsel and the State requested a
continuance of 54 days to November 2, 2010, which the court granted due
to the defense attorney's necessity to interview witnesses, and the court's
in camera review of newly obtained discovery. CP 163; Appendix E.
On November 2, 2010, both parties requested a 30-day
continuance to December 2, 2010, which the court granted. CP 164,
11/02/ 2010 RP 13 -15; Appendix F.
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Reports of pre-trial proceedings will be in the following format: late [[ of proceeding] RP [page number];
otherwise citations to the report of proceedings will follow the format: RP [page number].
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