STATE v. GODOY

No. 79-1312.

392 So.2d 555 (1980)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Guillermo Gaston GODOY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Michael W. Strickland, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Nicholas J. Capuano, Miami, for appellee.


ANSTEAD, Judge.

At issue is whether a defendant's waiver of speedy trial rights in an initial prosecution for robbery applies to the prosecution of a second information charging the defendant as an accessory after the fact to the same robbery that formed the basis of the initial prosecution. We hold that the waiver does apply to the second information and reverse the trial court's order of discharge.

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