A large prosecution brief of evidence has prevented the case against a man accused of a Border crime spree being dropped.
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Kevin Michael Kennedy has been in custody since July of last year over allegations related to burglaries on dozens of premises.
The practice note guiding NSW magistrates on the progress of matters through the Local Court specifies charge certification must take place within six months.
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Defence lawyer Daniel Maxton initially indicated to Albury Local Court magistrate Richard Funston that his client was likely to oppose any further adjournments of his case.
But he relaxed this position after Director of Public Prosecutions representative Mary-Beth McFarlane explained the reasons for the delay.
Kennedy is facing 41 charges, spread over two sets of allegations.
The DPP wanted Kennedy's matters and those of his co-accused in one set of charges, Nathan Patrick Sullivan, to marry-up in the Local Court on February 18.
Sullivan was not charged until October, a delay that could not be explained to Mr Funston.
Ms McFarlane said the brief material related to Kennedy was complex and amounted to four volumes of evidence, along with a considerable amount of CCTV security footage.
Mr Maxton responded by pointing out his client had been in custody past the six-month mark as a person simply accused of certain crimes.
He said a further adjournment would be understandable if the allegations were significantly complex, but he did not place Kennedy's matter at this higher end of the investigative scale so this would not "be in the interests of justice".
Mr Funston said he agreed the case against Kennedy was complex and that "a fair bit of work had gone into the matter".
But he said he also supported the defence argument that the adjournment requested by the DPP meant the matter was being dragged out for far too long.
"I'm prepared to grant a shorter adjournment time," he said.
Mr Funston adjourned the matters to February 4, a date on which Ms McFarlane said charge certification would take place - allowing for a committal for trial or sentence.
He said he would be very unlikely to grant any further adjournments.
The court heard as far back as late September that delays had hit the prosecution case.
Kennedy was further remanded in custody.
