Santiago v. State

W. SHARP, Judge.

Petitioner, Santiago, seeks a writ of prohibition challenging the trial court’s denial of her motion for discharge due to an alleged speedy trial violation. Because the speedy trial period has run and the record does not support the existence of exceptional circumstances to justify the necessity of a joint trial with the co-defendant, we grant the petition and order the trial court to discharge Santiago-

Santiago and a co-defendant were arrested on November 22,1996 for forgery, uttering a forgery and grand theft. This is the date on which the speedy trial time began to run.1 On…