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WIGGINS v. WILLIS IN & FOR GADSDEN

No. AW-194.

443 So.2d 1089 (1984)

Tyrone WIGGINS, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ben C. WILLIS, Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, IN and FOR GADSDEN County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Andrew Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

MILLS, Judge.

Wiggins petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition, contending that he is entitled to be discharged because he was not brought to trial within 180 days of his arrest as required by Rule 3.191(a)(1), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We agree and grant the petition.

On 7 September 1982, Wiggins was arrested for attempted armed robbery. He was subsequently released on bond, and arraignment was set for 18 October 1982. Wiggins failed to appear...

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