State v. Parmeter

Citations

• 49 Wash. 435
• 95 P. 1012
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 600

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute — Appeal— Statutes — Construction. Where the accused, convicted in a police court, has on appeal been discharged from custody on giving bond to appear and prosecute his appeal, he is not entitled to a dismissal of the charge because more than sixty days elapsed without trial after the taking of the appeal, where he made no demand for trial, under Bal. Code, § 6911, requiring the dismissal of a prosecution if the accused is not brought to trial within sixty days after the information is filed if the trial was not postponed on his application; since he was accorded a speedy trial in the police court, and was bound to demand trial on appeal for his own benefit, under Bal. ■Code, § 6763, requiring him to appear and prosecute the appeal.</p>