STATE v. BIVONA

No. 84-95.

460 So.2d 469 (1984)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Stephen BIVONA, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and/or Certification of Conflict Denied January 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler Rossin, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert D. Jones, Royal Palm Beach, for appellee.


BARKETT, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of an order discharging criminal defendant Stephen Bivona, Jr., under the speedy trial rule. We affirm.

On June 29, 1983, Stephen Bivona, Jr., was arrested at a Sears store in Bakersfield, California, for petty theft (shoplifting) and assault and battery (altercation with a Sears security officer). He refused to give the Sears security officer his name, and the Bakersfield police were called. The police officer...

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