STATE v. JONES

No. 73-497.

285 So.2d 651 (1973)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. William Franklyn JONES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Gerstein, State's Atty., and Joseph Durant, Asst. State's Atty., for appellant.

Herskowitz & Grossman, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and CHARLES CARROLL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The State appeals an order dismissing a cause filed in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court, the trial judge having found that the speedy trial rule, Rule 3.191 CrPR, 33 F.S.A., in effect is applicable to Metro offenses.

The appellee was involved in an automobile accident in May of 1972, at which time a passenger in his vehicle was killed. The appellee was charged in the Metro Court of Dade County and served with a citation directing him...

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