Case Name: Ismael DIAZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-05-04
Citations: 617 So. 2d 830
Docket Number: No. 92-1908
Parties: Ismael DIAZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 617
Pages: 830–831

Head Matter:
Ismael DIAZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-1908.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 4, 1993.
Bailey, Gerstein, Carhart & Rippingille and Bonnie Rippingille, Miami, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Avi J. Litwin and Franeine Thomas, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.
Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Ismael Diaz appeals a circuit court order denying his petition for writ of prohibition predicated on the court's failure to conduct his trial within speedy trial limits. We reverse the order and remand with directions to discharge Diaz: the circuit court erred in denying the petition. Although Diaz's counsel had stated that he would not file a motion to discharge pursuant to the speedy trial rule following the trial court's May 7 announcement that it would reset the trial for May 28, see Smith v. State, 482 So.2d 521 (Fla.2d DCA 1986), that statement did not constitute a continuous and perpetual waiver of Diaz's speedy trial rights. Diaz's counsel was not obliged to inform the court that the speedy trial period had run when Diaz appeared for trial on May 28. Stuart v. State, 360 So.2d 406 (Fla.1978); Rivas v. Oppenborn, 605 So.2d 516 (Fla.3d DCA 1992). After the court failed to commence his trial on May 28, Diaz was entitled to discharge on speedy trial grounds: the record reflects that the court did not conduct trial within the fifteen-day window following Diaz's motion for discharge. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.191(i)(3). Accordingly, we reverse the order.
Reversed and remanded with directions.