TULO v. State

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Anthony Tulo seeks a writ of prohibition from this court compelling the trial court to discharge him in circuit court case number CRC 06-07214 CFANO. We must grant the writ because, after the jury was sworn and over Mr. Tub’s objection, the trial court declared a mistrial without engaging in any consideration of the possible alternatives to mistrial and, thus, without determining that a mistrial was a manifest necessity. See Thomason v. State, 620 So.2d 1234, 1239 (Fla.1993); Johnson v. State, 685 So.2d 1369, 1370 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).

Mr. Tulo demanded speedy trial in this…