COLEMAN v. EATON

No. 89-125.

540 So.2d 915 (1989)

Hal Edward COLEMAN, Petitioner, v. Hon. Oscar H. EATON, Jr., Etc., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond O. Bodiford, of Sam E. Murrell & Sons, Orlando, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dee R. Ball, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


COWART, Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition, alleging that the trial court lacks jurisdiction to proceed against him in the prosecution of certain misdemeanor charges because his right to a speedy trial of those charges has been violated under Rule 3.191, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We agree and grant the petition for writ of prohibition.

Petitioner was arrested after the motor vehicle he was driving was involved in an accident. An information...

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