MORALES v. COKER

No. 79-456.

371 So.2d 1085 (1979)

Rolando MORALES, Petitioner, v. Honorable Thomas M. COKER, Jr., As Judge of the Circuit Court of the 17TH Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Grafton N. Carlson, Asst. Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The Petition for Writ of Prohibition is DENIED.

DOWNEY, C.J., and LETTS, J., concur.

DAUKSCH, J., dissents with opinion.

DAUKSCH, Judge, dissenting:

I respectfully dissent. Petitioner seeks our writ of prohibition to enforce the Speedy Trial Rule, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.191. This petitioner was charged with Uttering a Forgery and on November 13, 1978 demanded a speedy trial which required he be brought...

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