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JONES v. STATE

No. 96-00270.

707 So.2d 905 (1998)

Shawn JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert D. Rosen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

FULMER, Judge.

Shawn Jones appeals the denial of her motion for discharge filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191(h) (1995). She argues that the trial court erred by granting the State's motion to extend the speedy trial period due to exceptional circumstances. We agree and reverse because the routine practice of not empaneling jurors during a regularly scheduled holiday period is not an exceptional circumstance as defined in rule 3.191(l

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