is perverse position, that the more evidence the state has accumulated the more need for delay, is not found in the law,  her request for a speedy trial notes.

Prosecutors, meantime, believe the trial could start much sooner. Citing similar tasks as the defense, they could be ready by October 4, 2027, their court memo states. Still, they propose a start date of January 31, 2028, because  the State does not believe that it is wise to schedule the trial to span the worst of the winter season and the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays,  their filing says.

Both parties estimate the trial - from the start of jury selection to the close of any capital punishment phase - will stretch for months: six to seven months, Robinson's defense has said; four months, per the state.

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