HOPKINS v. BARAD

No. 79-2099.

380 So.2d 1166 (1980)

Mark Edward HOPKINS, Petitioner, v. Frederick N. BARAD, Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Dade County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Karen M. Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

Janet Reno, State's Atty., and Kurt Marmar, Asst. State's Atty., for respondent.

Before HENDRY, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

Hopkins, who is the defendant below in a criminal proceeding, has filed a petition for habeas corpus, claiming the right to a discharge under the speedy trial rule. Treating the petition as one seeking a writ of prohibition, we have issued a rule nisi. Upon consideration of the return and response, and after oral argument, we conclude that the petition must be denied.

After being arrested in Pensacola, Hopkins was informed against in Dade...

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