STATE v. FLOYD

No. 93-02158.

639 So.2d 128 (1994)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Leta Grace FLOYD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Anne Y. Swing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Karen Kinney, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The state appeals the order discharging Leta Floyd for failure to bring her to trial on possession of cocaine and paraphernalia charges within the 175-day speedy trial time period of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191(a) (speedy trial without demand). We hold that the trial court improperly applied rule 3.191(a) to the facts of this case and reverse.

On January 30, 1992, Floyd was arrested for soliciting for prostitution and notified to appear...

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