PERKINS v. STATE

No. AT-497.

457 So.2d 1053 (1984)

Daniel PERKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

On Rehearing October 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender, and James T. Miller, Asst. Public Defender, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Lawrence A. Kaden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ERVIN, Chief Judge.

This case raises the issue of which date triggers the running of the time for speedy trial — the receipt by prison officials of the capias at the institution where appellant was incarcerated, or service of the capias upon the defendant by county officials in Duval County upon his return from prison? We agree that under the provisions of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191(a)(1), effective January 1, 1981, the applicable time began when...

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