STATE v. ROLLINS

No. 79-1440.

386 So.2d 619 (1980)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Percy Edward ROLLINS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Reno, State's Atty. and Arthur Joel Berger, Asst. State's Atty., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

In the second appearance of this matter before this court, the state appeals an order discharging the defendant for speedy trial violations. We reverse.

Defendant Percy Rollins first appealed his conviction for second degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment. Rollins raised two points in that appeal: first, that he was entitled to discharge under the speedy trial rule, and second, that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the...

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