State v. Evans

Upon due consideration of the briefs, oral argument and records in these consolidated appeals we are of the opinion that the trial court misconceived the legal effect of the evidence in granting defendants’ motion for discharge predicated upon the applicability of the speedy trial rule (section 3.191(h)(2), Fla.R.Crim.P.).

In particular, the informations filed against defendants in Orange County were based on separate substantive acts independent of those offenses previously set forth in Seminole County informations and were not as a matter of law “grounded on the same conduct or criminal…