Good afternoon,

Here are my initial thoughts, I think the Judges did a really nice job in drafting these.

It appears under the new Rule 2.6 that defendants cannot get a bench warrant recalled by posting a bond, only full cash bail.  Is this correct?  I’m not sure that is legal.

I also think rule 3.2(a)(3) needs to be re-worded I’m pretty sure you can’t legally hold a person without bail for more than 72 hours without a judicial determination of probable cause.

I would recommend re-wording rule 3.3(d) to say “CrRLJ 3.3 time for trial limits” as opposed to “speedy trial limits”.  Technically “speedy trial” refers to the constitutional rule while “time for trial” refers to the court rule.

Any chance we can get a local rule on agreed continuances whereby the parties can file a document and not appear?  This would dramatically shrink dockets and improve court efficiency.

Thanks,

Richard Gilliland