STATE v. LYNCH

No. 83-1562.

445 So.2d 687 (1984)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Stephen Joseph LYNCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James H. Dysart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James D. Eckert of Eckert & Nelson, St. Petersburg, for appellee.


HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

The state appeals an order granting Stephen Joseph Lynch's motion to discharge an information charging him with the offense of possession of cocaine due to the state's purported failure to comply with Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191, the speedy trial rule. We reverse and remand.

On March 31, 1983, the state filed an information accusing Lynch of committing the felony of possession of cocaine on July 24, 1982. Lynch was...

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