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STATE v. LEWIS

No. 76-2712.

352 So.2d 93 (1977)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Oscar LEWIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Bludworth, State's Atty., and James R. Wolf, Asst. State's Atty., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Henry Prettyman, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ANSTEAD, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order discharging the appellee, Oscar Lewis, under the provisions of the speedy trial rule. The issue is whether Lewis was a "prisoner in Florida" under Rule 3.191(b)(1) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure thereby enlarging the time in which he could be brought to trial from 180 days to one year. We hold that he was and should not have been discharged.

Lewis was arrested...

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