DEMPSEY v. STATE

No. 4D11-2196.

82 So.3d 928 (2011)

Steven DEMPSEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Finkelstein , Public Defender, and Tamara L. Curtis , Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

No appearance required for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Steven Dempsey petitions for a writ of prohibition seeking review of the denial of his motion for discharge and to prevent his prosecution based on an alleged violation of the speedy trial without demand rule. Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.191(a). A writ of prohibition is an appropriate remedy "where an accused has been denied his right to a speedy trial and his motion for discharge has been denied." Sherrod v. Franza, 427 So.2d 161

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