State v. Williams

ON MOTION TO DISMISS

On November 2, 1977, and November 3, 1977, the trial court entered orders discharging the appellees under the speedy trial rule, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191. On November 4, 1977, the state filed petitions to reconsider these orders. The court denied these petitions on December 9, 1977. The state filed its notices of appeal on December 21, 1977, and December 22, 1977.

Fla.R.App.P. 3.2(b) requires that appeals be commenced within thirty days of the rendition of the order appealed from.1 The state concedes that if the rendition dates were November 2 and 3, 1977, its appeals were…