STATE EX REL. JOHNSON v. EDWARDS

No. 38482.

233 So.2d 393 (1970)

STATE of Florida ex rel. James A. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Honorable Warren H. EDWARDS, As Judge of the Criminal Court of Record, Orange County, Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Hobbs of Hobbs, de la Parte & Gonzalez, Tampa, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


ADKINS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an opinion of the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (219 So.2d 450) discharging in original proceedings, an alternative writ of mandamus which initially construed § 11, Declaration of Rights, Fla. Const. (1885), F.S.A. and the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. These provisions guarantee the defendant in a criminal case the right to a speedy and public trial by...

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