Harris v. Tyson

MAGER, Judge.

Petitioner, Richard Harris, filed an application for writ of mandamus alleging essentially that the state failed to prosecute the petitioner in accordance with Rule 3.-191, F.R.Cr.P., 33 F.S.A., commonly referred to as “speedy trial rule”. An alternative writ of mandamus was issued commanding the respondent judge of the Court of Record for Broward County, Florida to enter a judgment of acquittal or in the alternative to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue. The respondent has filed a return urging this court to discharge its alternative writ and predicates its…