State v. Ramirez, 2022AP959, petition for review of a published court of appeals decision, granted 10/7/24; case activity (including briefs)
In a case involving what we labeled as a “big” defense win, SCOW accepts the State’s petition for review asking for clarification of the law pertaining to constitutional speedy trial violations.
Given that this case involved a defendant obtaining dismissal of his charges and featured defense-friendly language that we predicted would be cited in many future speedy trial cases, we aren’t surprised to see that the State took the opportunity to file a lengthy petition for review. In its view, the speedy trial doctrine has not been assessed by SCOW for several decades; in its absence, the State avers that COA has erroneously extended and misinterpreted the underlying SCOTUS precedent. The case therefore has the potential to work significant changes in how speedy trial claims are litigated under State law.
