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WRIGHT v. STATE

No. 97-2432.

722 So.2d 263 (1998)

Charles G. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Andrea J. Surette, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

GRIFFIN, C.J.

Charles G. Wright ["Wright"] appeals his judgment and sentence for attempted trafficking in cocaine. Because the deadline to try appellant under the "speedy trial" rule expired, we reverse.

The State charged Wright by information on March 30, 1984 with one count of trafficking in cocaine. Wright was not arrested until 1995, when he was stopped for an unrelated offense in Oregon and transported back to Florida to stand trial.

Wright filed...

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