Legal Opinion
State v. Baynham
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 19, 2011No. 4D10-1781PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The state appeals the trial court’s order discharging appellee from charges of delivery of cocaine based upon speedy trial violations. The court found that the defendant’s earlier stop for a bicycle violation was part of the same criminal episode as the delivery of cocaine. Because we find that the two charges arose out of two separate incidents for purposes of speedy trial calculation, we reverse.
The Broward County Sheriffs Office was running a five-month undercover drug operation. A detective working undercover at the time of the first incident met a man on a bicycle, and the two discussed…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- De Groot v. SheffieldSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Dupree v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- State v. NelsonSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
- State v. HannaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Lexington Park Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. v. RobidouxCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
- State v. PelhamDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
- State v. HollisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
- State v. WarrenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- State v. FairDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017