State v. Morgan

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

The state appeals a trial court order discharging appellees, Carmen R. Morgan and Rosby L. Kelly, because of a violation of the speedy trial rule. We affirm the order discharging Kelly, but find the trial court erred in discharging Morgan.

Appellees were arrested on February 9, 1984, for committing grand theft on that same date. An information charging ap-pellees with grand theft in violation of section 812.014(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1983), was filed on March 12, 1984. Because ap-pellees had been charged with a felony, the speedy trial rule required that they be brought to…