STATE v. JOINES

No. 89-1352.

549 So.2d 771 (1989)

The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. James JOINES, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Ivy R. Ginsberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Kent Wheeler, Miami, for respondent.

Before NESBITT, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

By common law certiorari, the state seeks review of a decision of the appellate division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit affirming defendant's discharge from prosecution in the county court where he had been discharged on the basis that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been denied. We grant certiorari for the following reasons.

On October 13, 1987, the defendant was charged with various offenses including the failure to drive...

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