Hoskins v. State

RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Edward Garrett Hoskins appeals from a verdict and judgment of guilty of attempted robbery and urges the following two points on appeal as the predicate for a reversal of same, viz. :

1. The appellant was denied a right to a speedy trial guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and Section 11 of the Florida Constitution, F.S.A., when he was tried eight and a half years after an indictment was returned and after appellant had made two requests for a speedy trial.

2. There was a denial to appellant of the right to…