DORSEY v. STATE

No. 5D02-1614.

847 So.2d 587 (2003)

Jessie L. DORSEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Rosemarie Farrell, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wesley Heidt, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


ORFINGER, J.

Jessie L. Dorsey appeals his conviction of sexual battery on a child under twelve years of age. He contends that his right to a speedy trial was violated due to ineffective assistance by trial counsel. We affirm.

Dorsey was arrested on February 9, 2001, and charged with sexual battery. The public defender's office for the Fifth Circuit was appointed to represent him. Mark Nacke, an assistant public defender in the Lake County public defender's...

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