Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Barad
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 11, 1980No. 79-2099PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWARTZ, Judge.
Hopkins, who is the defendant below in a criminal proceeding, has filed a petition for habeas corpus, claiming the right to a discharge under the speedy trial rule. Treating the petition as one seeking a writ of prohibition, we have issued a rule nisi. Upon consideration of the return and response, and after oral argument, we conclude that the petition must be denied.
After being arrested in Pens.acola, Hopkins was informed against in Dade County, on April 26, 1979, on robbery and kidnapping charges. On June 19, 1979, while confined in the Escambia County jail, he filed a pro…
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- State Ex Rel. Ranalli v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
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