IN RE AMENDMENT TO FLA. RULE CRIMINAL PROC. 3.191

No. 73741.

542 So.2d 1330 (1989)

In re AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.191 (SPEEDY TRIAL).

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald T. Bennett, Chairman, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, College of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, and Arthur I. Jacobs, Gen. Counsel, Florida Pros. Attys. Ass'n, Fernandina Beach, for petitioner.


PER CURIAM.

The state attorneys of Florida petition this Court to consider a proposed amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191 pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.130. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

The proposed rule change provides similar procedures for dismissal for failure to abide by the speedy trial rule in both misdemeanor and felony cases. The intended effect of the amendment is to repeal the remedy...

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