State v. Andrews

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The state appeals from orders discharging the defendants. We hold that the trial judge correctly concluded that the provisions of the speedy trial rule, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191(a)(1) precluded the state from further prosecution and therefore affirm the determinations below.1

Andrews and Richburg were arrested by Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents, on July 23, 1977 on charges of federal narcotics law violations arising from transactions between the defendants and the arresting agents, Brown and Johnson, which occurred on May 23, 1977 and June 1, 1977. The case proceeded…