Procedimiento para juicios de acusaciones pendientes durante encarcelamiento

Explicación Simple

Si alguien está en prisión y hay cargos en su contra que aún no se han juzgado, tiene derecho a que se le juzgue en un plazo de 120 días si lo pide. Esto ayuda a que no se quede en prisión sin saber qué pasará con esos cargos.

Es como cuando pides que te devuelvan un libro prestado: si no te lo devuelven en un tiempo razonable, puedes insistir para que te lo devuelvan pronto y no quedarte esperando mucho tiempo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está en prisión por un delito menor. Mientras está allí, hay una acusación pendiente en su contra por otro asunto. Juan envía una solicitud a las autoridades para que se resuelva ese caso en 120 días, así no tiene que estar preocupado sin saber qué pasará.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9.98.010 - Disposition of untried indictment, information, complaint -- Procedure -- Escape, effect (1) Whenever a person has entered upon a term of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution of this state, and whenever during the continuance of the term of imprisonment there is pending in this state any untried indictment, information, or complaint against the prisoner, he shall be brought to trial within one hundred twenty days after he shall have caused to be delivered to the prosecuting attorney and the superior court of the county in which the indictment, information, or complaint is pending written notice of the place of his imprisonment and his request for a final disposition to be made of the indictment, information, or complaint: PROVIDED, That for good cause shown in open court, the prisoner or his counsel shall have the right to be present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance. The request of the prisoner shall be accompanied by a certificate of the superintendent having custody of the prisoner, stating the term of commitment under which the prisoner is being held, the time already served, the time remaining to be served on the sentence, the amount of good time earned, the time of parole eligibility of the prisoner, and any decisions of the indeterminate sentence review board relating to the prisoner.(2) The written notice and request for final disposition referred to in subsection (1) hereof shall be given or sent by the prisoner to the superintendent having custody of him, who shall promptly forward it together with the certificate to the appropriate prosecuting attorney and superior court by certified mail, return receipt requested.(3) The superintendent having custody of the prisoner