State v. Banks

This is an appeal by the State of Florida from the trial court’s order granting the discharge of defendant Sheldon Banks based on violations of the speedy trial rule. We reverse in part.

On May 21, 2007, four men burglarized Al’s Army & Navy Store, stealing several guns. On May 29, 2007, one of the stolen guns, a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, was discovered under the driver’s seat of an abandoned vehicle. The gun’s serial number had been partially scratched off. The vehicle belonged to Sheldon Banks. Around the same time the car was found, Banks reported it stolen. On July 12, 2007,…