Kanter v. State

By this appeal the appellant seeks review of two convictions in the Criminal Court of Record. One was a conviction of a felony; the other was a conviction of a misdemeanor.1 The only point urged for reversal as to the felony conviction was the failure to discharge the defendant in the trial court pursuant to the provisions of the “speedy trial rule”, the contention being made that an amendment to the rule promulgated by the Supreme Court of Florida in August 1971 [see: Rule 3.191, CrPR, 33 F.S.A.] amounted to an ex post facto law. We find this point not to be well taken. Mathis v. State, 31…