STATE v. WALLACE

No. ZZ-183.

401 So.2d 863 (1981)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Alphonso WALLACE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Theodore E. Mack, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

The state of Florida appeals an order dismissing an information which charged Wallace with the offense of escape. The lower court dismissed the information on the ground that Wallace was deprived of his constitutional right to speedy prosecution.1 Because appellee has failed to demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the nearly three-and-a-half-month delay between the date of his return to custody and his first interview with...

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