Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Russell FORSTEN a/k/a Russell Foster, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-08-04
Citations: 401 So. 2d 1160
Docket Number: No. 80-2281
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Russell FORSTEN a/k/a Russell Foster, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 401
Pages: 1160–1160

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Russell FORSTEN a/k/a Russell Foster, Appellee.
No. 80-2281.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 4, 1981.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Anthony C. Musto, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Alan R. Dakan, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Judge.
The trial court discharged the appellee on the ground, among others, that the state's 120 day delay in bringing him to trial subsequent to the expiration of an agreed continuance violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial. This issue "must be determined in the light of the circumstances of the particular case as a matter of judicial discretion." State ex rel. Butler v. Cullen, 253 So.2d 861, 863 (Fla.1971), quoted and readopted in Butterworth v. Fluellen, 389 So.2d 968, 970 (Fla.1980). No abuse of that discretion has been demonstrated on this record. Negron v. State, 306 So.2d 104 (Fla.1974) (100 day delay after state continuance found constitutionally unreasonable).
Affirmed.
. Because the defendant had previously himself both moved for and agreed to continuances, the provisions of Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191 were not controlling. Butterworth v. Fluellen, 389 So.2d 968 (Fla.1980).