Legal Opinion
A.L. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 6, 2001No. 4D01-1175PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C.J.
A.L., a juvenile, brought this petition for a writ of prohibition, asserting that the speedy trial period has run and the court should have dismissed the delinquency petition. We grant the petition.
On May 23, 2000, petitioner was arrested and a petition for delinquency was filed on July 14, 2000. At petitioner’s arraignment on August 23, 2000, his counsel noted that the speedy trial period had run. However, no written motion for speedy trial discharge was filed, and the court set it for a calendar call in October.
The case was, called twice in October. On both occasions, petitioner’s counsel…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- RJA v. FosterSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- State v. MorrisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
- Cordero v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
- State v. GanttDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
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3Cited by8 opinions
- C.D. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
- D.D. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
- State v. D.L.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
- State v. V.M.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
- AL v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
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