My question involves traffic court in the State of: Oregon
ORS 135.747 requires speedy trial within a 'reasonable amount of time.' This seems to apply to traffic tickets per the appeal case in 2006:
From the Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon v. Greenlick A127374),
“This case presents the opportunity to decide whether the statutory speedy trial right, ORS 135.747, applies to traffic violations. Defendant moved to dismiss the charge, asserting that the state had violated ORS 135.747 by bringing him to trial some 15 months after the citation was issued. The trial court did not address the state’s contention that the statute was inapplicable, but ruled that the length of the delay was not unreasonable. For the reasons that follow, we reverse….
Thus, a straightforward application of ORS 135.747 in the context of a violation requires that a defendant be brought to trial within a reasonable period of time after the issuance of the citation. In this case, we have no difficulty concluding that a delay of 15 months between the issuance of the citation and trial was unreasonable in the absence of any other circumstances.”
I requested a trial in 11/2012 for a speeding ticket, and sent the full bail amount in at that time. Court still has not set a trial date as of now. I think they assumed I was pleading guilty when they saw the bail check and entered a conviction. At 8 months and counting, do I have grounds to dismiss on the 'reasonable time' statute, or some other reason (conviction without a trial possibly)? Should I let this issue 'age' a while longer; maybe more than one year?
Thanks in advance for any help!

