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State ex Rel. Elliott v. Reasbeck

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 25, 1979
369 So. 2d 102 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

Summary

In State ex rel. Elliott v. Reasbeck, 369 So.2d 102 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979), the defendant claimed entitlement to discharge under the Speedy Trial Rule because of an oral stipulation between counsel limiting his waiver of speedy trial as the attorneys stood before the trial judge discussing the rescheduling of the trial.

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Opinion

No. 79-142.

March 28, 1979. Rehearing Denied April 25, 1979.

Robert M. Leen, Hollywood, for relator.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


This matter has been considered on a suggestion for writ of prohibition. Defendant's motion to discharge under the Speedy Trial Rule, Rule 3.191, Fla.R.Crim.P., was denied. An order to show cause was issued and the positions of the various parties have been considered. It is our conclusion that in accordance with State v. Kurtz, 354 So.2d 890 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978), the defendant herein waived his right to rely upon strict time limitations provided in Rule 3.191.

Defendant herein requested a continuance and the defendant now directs our attention to a transcript of a colloquy between counsel when the matter was considered. Defense counsel asserts that although he stipulated to waive speedy trial time limitations that this stipulation had certain limitations which were exceeded.

We are not at all certain that the asserted stipulation was in fact of such dignity nor that it was specific enough. As stated in State v. Kurtz, supra, when the defendant's motion for continuance was granted the provisions of the speedy trial rule were no longer applicable as far as the 180-day provision is concerned. This case like many others boils down to a hindsight argument about what two attorneys meant when they stood before a trial judge discussing the rescheduling of a trial. Defendant now seeks to say that this discussion constitutes an exact and very limited stipulation. We held in Kurtz that the granting of the continuance effects a waiver of the strict dictates of the speedy trial rule and we believe this case to be governed by the Kurtz ruling.

The suggestion for writ of prohibition is hereby denied.

LETTS, MOORE and BERANEK, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State ex Rel. Elliott v. Reasbeck

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 25, 1979
369 So. 2d 102 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

In State ex rel. Elliott v. Reasbeck, 369 So.2d 102 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979), the defendant claimed entitlement to discharge under the Speedy Trial Rule because of an oral stipulation between counsel limiting his waiver of speedy trial as the attorneys stood before the trial judge discussing the rescheduling of the trial.

Summary of this case from State v. McCrery
Case details for

State ex Rel. Elliott v. Reasbeck

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA EX REL. JOSEPH WAYNE ELLIOTT, RELATOR, v. THE HONORABLE…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 25, 1979

Citations

369 So. 2d 102 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

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