Peavy v. Judge, Division "S", Fifteenth Judicial Circuit

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the court below from bringing him to trial beyond the speedy trial period.

Petitioner was arrested on November 28, 1983, and charged with a strong-arm robbery. The State filed a petition in juvenile court charging petitioner with that offense. However, on January 4, 1984, the state attorney nol-prossed the juvenile case and filed an information charging petitioner as an adult. Judge Adams issued a felony warrant in Belle Glade and petitioner was rearrested. On February 16, 1984, at the arraignment before Judge Adams, an assistant public…