STATE v. HOWARD

No. 91-01449.

599 So.2d 1043 (1992)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Tony Perez HOWARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


FRANK, Judge.

The state has appealed from an order discharging Tony Perez Howard. The trial court determined that his right to speedy trial was violated. We reverse because automatic discharge was not the appropriate remedy in this case.

Howard was arrested on January 31, 1990 and was charged by information on March 2, 1990 with grand theft and driving with a suspended or revoked license. In September of that year he filed a pro se motion to dismiss, which...

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