Kelly v. Goldstein

STEVENSON, Judge.

Petitioner, W.C. Kelly, seeks a writ of prohibition and challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for discharge due to an alleged violation of the speedy trial rule. The petitioner is charged with having sexual intercourse with a person under eighteen and procuring a person under sixteen for prostitution. Because the speedy trial period had run and the record fails to show that the delay in bringing the case to trial was attributable to petitioner, we grant the writ and order that the trial court discharge petitioner.

The petitioner was arrested on March 27, 1993. On…