Legal Opinion

State v. Forsten

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 4, 1981No. 80-2281PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The trial court discharged the appellee on the ground, among others, that the state’s 120 day delay in bringing him to trial subsequent to the expiration of an agreed continuance violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.1 This issue “must be determined in the light of the circumstances of the particular case as a matter of judicial discretion.” State ex rel. Butler v. Cullen, 253 So.2d 861, 863 (Fla.1971), quoted and readopted in Butterworth v. Fluellen, 389 So.2d 968, 970 (Fla.1980). No abuse of that discretion has been demonstrated on this record. Negron v. State,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Butterworth in and for Broward Cty. v. FluellenSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. Negron v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  3. State Ex Rel. Butler v. CullenSupreme Court of Florida · 1971

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. BlankenshipDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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