STATE v. LAZARRE

No. 4D04-1805.

906 So.2d 314 (2005)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Sandra Marie LAZARRE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Linda Harrison, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Joseph W. Gibson of Joseph W. Gibson, P.A., Miami, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

The state appeals a trial court's order granting the defendant's motion for discharge. The defendant filed her demand for speedy trial prior to the filing of an information in the case. Because a demand for speedy trial filed prior to the filing of the information is a nullity, we reverse. See State v. Branam, 434 So.2d 950, 950 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983).

Lazarre was arrested on December 4, 2003 and charged with...

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