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State of Florida v. Nelson, SC08-2325

In a conviction of a juvenile defendant for burglary and related crime, the decision of the Fourth District is quashed and remanded as, when the State is entitled to the recapture period, a continuance that is chargeable to the defense and made after the expiration of the speedy trial period but before a defendant files a notice expiration waives a defendant's speedy trial rights under the default period of the rule.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 01/14/2010
  • Published 01/14/2010

Judges

  • PER CURIAM.

Court

  • Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Bureau Chief, and Thomas D. Winokur, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

  • For Appellees:
  • Tammy Forrest of Glantz and Glantz, P.A., Plantation, FL, for Respondent.
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