State v. Deratany

SHARP, Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s order discharging Deratany because the “speedy trial” time of one hundred eighty (180) days1 had expired before he was brought to trial. We reverse because the record shows less than one hundred eighty (180) days had passed following Deratany’s arrest when he made his motion for discharge.

The question in this case, as in State v. Van Winkle, 407 So.2d 1059 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981), is when the one hundred eighty (180) day time period began to run. On October 11, 1980 Deratany made a report to a police officer and on October 15, 1980 he…