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STATE EX REL. CANUP v. LANGSTON

No. 77-19.

341 So.2d 1069 (1977)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Mary Dail CANUP, Relator, v. The Honorable Thomas M. LANGSTON, As Judge of the Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Polk County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Bartow, and Dan P. Brawley, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for relator.

Allen R. Smith, Asst. State Atty., Bartow, for respondent.

GRIMES, Judge.

This case involves the question of whether a delay in obtaining laboratory reports in the testing of contraband can justify an extension of the speedy trial time.

A suggestion for writ of prohibition was filed in this court seeking to prohibit relator's pending trial below for possession of marijuana on the ground that the speedy trial time had expired. Since speedy trial violations are considered proper subjects for prohibition, a rule to show...

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