Case Name: Leroy McMULLEN, Appellant (Defendant), v. STATE of Florida, Appellee (State)
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-05-05
Citations: 331 So. 2d 357
Docket Number: No. Z-402
Parties: Leroy McMULLEN, Appellant (Defendant), v. STATE of Florida, Appellee (State).
Judges: MILLS and SMITH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 331
Pages: 357–358

Head Matter:
Leroy McMULLEN, Appellant (Defendant), v. STATE of Florida, Appellee (State).
No. Z-402.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 5, 1976.
Rehearing Denied May 26, 1976.
Terry McDavid, McDavid & Murphy, Lake City, for appellant.
Robert L.. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Gerald L. Knight, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT.
The State adduced sufficient evidence to constitute a prima facie showing, pursuant to Rule 3.191(e), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, that the accused made himself unavailable for trial by failing to respond to a notice of arraignment regularly mailed to him. In the circumstances of this case, the trial court was not obliged to accept as conclusive the accused's denial that he received the notice of arraignment. Contrast State ex rel. Kennedy v. McCauley, 265 So.2d 547 (Fla.App. 4th, 1972). The trial court was therefore justified in its conclusion that the accused need not be discharged under the speedy trial rule. The judgment and sentence are therefore
AFFIRMED.
MILLS and SMITH, JJ., concur.
BOYER, C. J., dissents.