NAZARIO v. STATE

No. 97-2667.

700 So.2d 154 (1997)

Efren NAZARIO, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joaquin Perez, Sebring, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

Efren Nazario petitions for a writ of prohibition, contending that he is entitled to discharge under the speedy trial rule. We grant the petition.

After being charged with drug trafficking, defendant-petitioner Nazario filed a written demand for speedy trial under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191(b). The case was originally set for trial within the speedy trial period. When the trial date arrived, defendant Nazario announced that he was...

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