Supreme Court of Florida
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.