Case Name: 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
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-10-26
Citations: 440 So. 2d 445
Docket Number: No. 83-1569
Parties: 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.
Judges: LETTS and HURLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 440
Pages: 445–445

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.