STATE v. KELLY

No. 80-1302.

407 So.2d 257 (1981)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Joseph Francis KELLY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

As Modified December 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Tom Grogan, Naples, for appellee.


DANAHY, Judge.

This case presents the difficult question of what constitutes a "criminal episode" as that phrase is used in our speedy trial rule. The state appeals from an order of the trial court which granted the appellee's motion for discharge for the state's failure to bring him to trial within 180 days. We agree with the trial court and affirm the order.

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