RIGGINS v. STATE

Nos. T-116, T-117.

301 So.2d 124 (1974)

Jimmy Lee RIGGINS a/k/a Alvin Curtis Laster, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Charles Hall McGILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

On Rehearing September 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, Robert C. Parker, Jr., Special Asst. Public Defender, David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, Charles H. McGill, in pro. per., and Jimmy Lee Riggins, in pro. per., for appellants.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Michael M. Corin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


RAWLS, Chief Judge.

The only meritorious point posed by these consolidated appeals is whether appellants, Riggins and McGill, have been deprived of their constitutional right of speedy trial.

The facts pertinent to a determination of this appeal are as follows. Riggins and McGill were arrested on May 24, 1972, and informed against on July 12, 1972, for the crime of robbery. On July 12, 1972, an assistant public defender...

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