Jahquell Davis v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC18-1627 ____________ JAHQUELL DAVIS, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. December 19, 2019 LAWSON, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Davis v. State,

253 So. 3d 1234

(Fla. 5th DCA 2018). In its decision the district court certified a question of great public importance, which we rephrase as follows: How should “arrest” be defined for purposes of starting the speedy trial period set forth in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191, Florida’s procedural “speedy trial rule”? We…