@trabern @Teri_Kanefield A big part of the difference may be prosecutorial resources. My client, if not incarcerated, rarely wants a speedy trial. The prosecutor's office (with 1 1/2 attorneys) has a few hundred other cases pending so is probably not in a hurry to prioritize the one that I want to delay. Eventually, the judge says, 'this case is getting old, I'm setting it for trial.'