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ROBERTS v. STATE

No. 3D03-398.

842 So.2d 298 (2003)

Warren ROBERTS, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 16, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adelstein and Matters, P.A., Miami; Gary Kollin, P.A., and Gary Kollin, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Fredericka Sands, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before GREEN and RAMIREZ, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior J.

RAMIREZ, J.

Warren Roberts petitions for a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent State of Florida from prosecuting him due to the expiration of the speedy trial period as provided for in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191. We deny the petition because we find that the trial court properly denied Roberts' motion for discharge.

Rule 3.191(c) provides that a trial commences "when the trial jury panel for that specific trial is sworn for voir dire...

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