TUCKER v. STATE

No. 75-1730.

344 So.2d 284 (1977)

George Lee TUCKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack T. Edmund, of Edmund & Wilkins, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HOBSON, Judge.

In this case defendant/appellant challenges the denial of his motion for discharge pursuant to the Speedy Trial Rule, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191, made prior to his conviction for second-degree murder.

Appellant was arrested for first-degree murder on January 11, 1974. Following a preliminary hearing appellant was bound over for trial on the charge of second-degree murder. On February 4th appellant was indicted for first-degree murder. Appellant filed...

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