Dawes v. State

Wray Dawes appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to dismiss, which was premised on the State’s failure to bring him to trial within 180 days as required under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (“IADA”). Because we agree with the trial court’s determination that a county jail does not qualify as a state facility under the IADA, we affirm.

Dawes was serving a twelve-month sentence in the Plymouth County, Massachusetts Correctional Facility, a county jail, when a detainer was placed on him for outstanding charges in Orange County, Florida.1 Thereafter, he sought to resolve…