Cespedes v. State

Omar Cespedes, the defendant in a criminal prosecution pending below (Defendant), petitions for a writ of prohibition, claiming that the state violated his right to a speedy trial. We grant the petition.

Defendant was serving a sentence in the Department of Corrections (the department) for possession of cocaine in a 2003 Broward County ease when he allegedly escaped from a work release center in Broward County on June 9, 2007. The department issued a fugitive warrant for escaped prisoner, warrant number 0607 M22631, authorizing any sheriff, police officer, or law enforcement officer to take…