Hyde v. Bailey

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.

Hyde’s petition for writ of prohibition urges that more than 180 days have elapsed since his arrest and that the trial court no longer has power to try him on an information charging possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, a third degree felony. We disagree. Hyde previously was charged with the same offense by an earlier information, on which trial was prevented by Hyde’s nolo contendere plea, reserving the right to appeal an issue on which he subsequently prevailed in this Court. Hyde v. State, 405 So.2d 445 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). The charge on which…