Finney v. State

In August, 1978, appellant was charged with four counts of armed robbery, one count of attempted armed robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. Prior to being charged, appellant filed a demand for speedy trial. It does not appear from the record that appellant filed a request for discovery, although he did respond to the state’s request for same. On the day of trial, appellant alleged that the state had not complied with his discovery requests in that a co-defendant, Capaldi, had given several statements (one of which had been given to the…