State v. Arrocha

How courts have described this case

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• date defense continuance was granted served as the stalling point for computing the period of delay attributed to defendant
• date defense continuance was granted served as the starting point for computing the period of delay attributed to defendant
• if defendant stands silent, neither advocating nor acquiescing in delay, State must beware
• if defendant stands silent, neither advocating nor acquiescing in delay, State must beware
• Essentially, Hines created “a unique exception [to the rule attributing defense counsel’s actions to defendant] for circumstances when defense counsel and the defendant openly disagree about setting a trial date beyond the statutory time limit.”
• defendant bound by counsel’s waiver of speedy trial when he failed to object

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).