Valle v. State

NESBITT, Judge.

Valle appeals his conviction of attempted robbery, asserting that the trial court erred in denying his motion for discharge pursuant to the speedy trial rule. We affirm.

Valle was arrested on April 18, 1982. Under the speedy trial rule, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191, he was entitled to be tried by October 15,1982 — 180 days from the date of his arrest. There is no issue before this court concerning the numerous continuances granted prior to the October 15th deadline.

The victim of the attempted robbery lives in Chicago. In September, 1982, after one of the continuances mentioned above, the…