SOWERS v. STATE

No. 80-919.

395 So.2d 576 (1981)

Keith Virgil SOWERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Carls, Public Defender, and Glenn Klausman, Asst. Public Defender, Orlando, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Michael Barnette, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

Sowers entered a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of sale and delivery of a controlled substance, specifically reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of a motion to discharge under the speedy trial rule, and denial of a motion to dismiss.

On January 4, 1979, Sowers was taken into custody. After defendant filed a motion to dismiss, on May 17, 1979, the state filed a motion to toll the running of the speedy trial time. On May...

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