State v. Widmer

The state appeals an order discharging Widmer under the speedy trial rule, arguing that she waived her speedy trial rights by failing to appear at a scheduled arraignment that the state claims was continued one week at her request. Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.191(d)(3), (e). We affirm because there is evidence from which the trial court could find, as it did, that Widmer never requested delay and that the arraigning judge in effect rescheduled that proceeding on his own initiative. Since Widmer was not required to attend the originally scheduled arraignment and appeared at the rescheduled proceeding,…