STATE v. POWELL

No. 90-372.

566 So.2d 588 (1990)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Aldwyn POWELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Moore & Rabin, P.A., and Samuel J. Rabin, Jr., Harry M. Solomon, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The State of Florida appeals from an order of dismissal for failure to comply with discovery requests.

Dismissal of criminal charges is too excessive a sanction for the State's failure to comply with discovery requests where, as here, "the defendant was not significantly prejudiced by the State's failure to produce the requested evidence," and where the speedy trial period had not yet run. State v. Del Gaudio, 445 So.2d...

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