STATE EX REL. MEYER v. KEOUGH

No. 75-1482.

325 So.2d 75 (1976)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Michael W. Meyer and Dale James Schultz, Relators, v. The Honorable Lawrence E. KEOUGH, As Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Gay, New Port Richey, for relator Schultz.

Robert M. Focht, Asst. Public Defender, New Port Richey, for relator Meyer.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mary Jo M. Gallay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


SCHEB, Judge.

Relators seek a writ of prohibition against the respondent trial judge, contending the state is barred under the provisions of the speedy trial rule RCrP 3.191(h)(2)1 from trying them on an information charging possession and sale of a controlled substance. We grant the writ.

The narrow question we resolve here is what constitutes a "single episode of criminal conduct" under the speedy trial rule as relates to certain...

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