DUMAS v. STATE

No. 4D04-1363.

877 So.2d 941 (2004)

Clarence DUMAS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie Small-Williams, Ft. Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna M. Hoffmann, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Because the state failed to bring the petitioner to trial within 175 days of his arrest for escape, which occurred on August 28, 2001, when he was brought before a magistrate for a first appearance hearing and held without bond on the escape charge, the trial court erred in denying petitioner's motion to dismiss upon its finding that petitioner's arrest did not occur, and the speedy trial period did not commence...

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