Wiggins v. State

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.

On this appeal from appellant’s conviction on two counts of uttering a forged instrument, appellant claims he should be discharged because he was not brought to trial within the period prescribed by the speedy trial rule, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191. We agree. The State’s contention is that the period of the rule did not begin to run until August 25, 1978, when appellant was formally arrested on the charges of which he is now convicted. We find, on the contrary, that the period began to run on August 4, 1978, when appellant was taken into custody as a suspect on these and…