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STATE v. JOHNSON

Nos. FF-487 and FF-488.

354 So.2d 902 (1978)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Alexander JOHNSON, III, Appellee. STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Mary Jane JOHNSON, Derry Brown Johnson, Charles Raminez, and Richard Joel Weaver, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Terry N. Silverman, Robert Augustus Harper, Jr., Larry G. Turner, Gainesville, Jack T. Edmund, and John R. Howes, Bartow, for appellees.

McCORD, Chief Judge.

The state appeals an order granting appellees' motion to dismiss an amended information with prejudice. The trial court ruled that the state had failed to bring appellees to trial within the time allowed by the speedy trial rule, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191, even though appellees were continuously ready for trial during the period. We reverse.

Appellees were arrested on December 15, 1976, on charges of possession of cannabis. The arrest records...

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