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There are some legal dodges though

Posted by Lysander on 2017-February-25 11:41:55, Saturday
In reply to Deferred prosecution? posted by Django on 2017-February-25 11:30:33, Saturday
There are all kinds of exceptions to speedy trial laws. For example, competency and insanity evaluations agreed to by the defendant (or his lawyer) can stop the speedy trial clock.

Also, I was involved in a case where we got to trial and the prosecution didn't have the evidence they needed (specifically, they didn't have the witness present who would've needed to testify about the chain of custody), so they dropped the case (nolle prosequi). Then they got the evidence they needed and filed charges again, and got the conviction.

After that, we had a deferred disposition, and finally the charges were dismissed when that was done. But of course, because I had pleaded guilty (even though, technically speaking, this put no conviction on my record, because of the dismissal after the deferred disposition), it was still counted against me as part of my criminal history the next time I was sentenced, years later.
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