State ex rel. Branch v. Wade

BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on Petition for Writ of Prohibition to prevent the Respondent, Circuit Judge of the First Judicial Circuit, from proceeding with the trial of Relator for murder in the first degree. The Petition asserts that the Speedy Trial Rule, Rule 3.191, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, has been violated and prevents his trial for the offense charged.

Facts set forth in the Petition and appendix thereto are that Relator was arrested and charged by information on August 19, 1977, with attempted first degree murder. On September 7,1977 he filed a demand for a speedy…