STATE EX REL. FURLAND v. CONKLING

No. 81-1021.

405 So.2d 773 (1981)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Michael T. Furland, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Virgil B. CONKLING, Circuit Judge for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Russo, Public Defender and Gary F. Large, Asst. Public Defender, Titusville, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.

Petitioner, Michael T. Furland, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the Circuit Court for Brevard County from proceeding with his trial on the ground that the speedy trial period has run. We deny the writ.

On April 10, 1980, petitioner was charged with two counts of sexual battery and one count of aggravated battery. Petitioner failed to appear for trial but was subsequently arrested and jailed during April, 1981.

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