Thomas v. State

Petitioner, charged and in custody in another Florida county, filed a demand for speedy trial in the Circuit Court for Su-wannee County relating to case number 06-391-CF. When the matter was not brought to trial, petitioner first filed a motion for discharge and then, in December 2009, he filed a notice of expiration of speedy trial. Having obtained no relief from circuit court, petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition from this court.

We find that petitioner is entitled to relief. Although he had apparently not yet been taken into custody on the Suwan-nee County matter, he was nevertheless…