State ex rel. Keehn v. Evans

Ronald Keehn seeks a writ of prohibition barring the circuit court from proceeding with trial on felony charges in violation of the speedy trial rule. All parties agree that the rules in effect prior to the 1985 amendment of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191 apply. State v. Green, 473 So.2d 823 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985).

Keehn was arrested in Hillsborough County April 21, 1984. In early August he was released from jail on his own recognizance. Upon leaving jail he listed a Tampa address. Shortly thereafter he moved to his parents’ residence in Kentucky, but he mailed the clerk of the circuit…