State v. Dante

The state appeals two orders entered below (1) discharging the defendant Victor Dante from the cause based on a speedy trial violation, and (2) dismissing the information filed herein based on prosecutorial bad faith conduct. We affirm the order discharging the defendant Dante on speedy trial grounds thereby rendering the appeal from the order of dismissal moot.

On June 23, 1983, the defendant Dante filed a demand for speedy trial under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191(a)(2) on an information filed below charging him with four counts of trafficking in stolen property. On July 21, 1983, the case was called…