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Maurice L. HOWARD, Allen Ponder and John W. French, Petitioners, v. The Honorable Carl H. HARPER, Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, Respondent.
    No. 83-1569.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Oct. 26, 1983.
    Rehearing Denied Nov. 30, 1983.
    Philip G. Butler, Jr., West Palm Beach, for petitioners.
    Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James P. McLane, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of prohibition is denied. Petitioners, defendants in the trial court, executed a written waiver of their speedy trial rights. Consequently, the strictures of Rule 3.191, Fla.R.Crim.P., are inapplicable at this stage of the proceedings. See Butterworth v. Fluellen, 389 So.2d 968 (Fla.1980); Gallego v. Purdy, 415 So.2d 166 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).

LETTS and HURLEY, JJ., concur.

WALDEN, J., dissents with opinion.

WALDEN, Judge,

dissenting.

I would grant the petition for writ of prohibition and prohibit Respondent from conducting a trial of petitioners because there was a non-waived violation of their rights to a speedy trial under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191. Lowe v. Price, 437 So.2d 142 (Fla.1983), State ex rel. Butler v. Cullen, 253 So.2d 861 (Fla.1971) and Butterworth v. Fluellen, 389 So.2d 968 (Fla.1980).