Barron v. State

In these consolidated misdemeanor cases the petitioners seek a writ of certiorari from the circuit court’s order affirming county court orders denying their motions for discharge under the speedy trial rule. We grant their petition.

Spitzer was arrested in Polk County on August 10, 1985, for DWI and driving with no operator’s license. He was released on his own recognizance. He was supposed to appear for arraignment on August 28 at the Polk County branch courtroom in Winter Haven, but he was jailed in Bartow on another charge on August 23. He was brought to court for arraignment on the charges…