Case Name: John H. HARLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-06-24
Citations: 399 So. 2d 1107
Docket Number: Nos. 80-1128, 80-1151
Parties: John H. HARLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: FRANK D. UPCHURCH and SHARP, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 399
Pages: 1107–1108

Head Matter:
John H. HARLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 80-1128, 80-1151.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 24, 1981.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Day-tona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Michael Barnette, Asst. Atty. Gen., Day-tona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, Judge.
The trial court correctly denied appellant's motion for discharge on speedy trial grounds, so we affirm. Appellant was charged with escape. There is a question as to the date of his apprehension, but even if we accept his view, speedy trial time had not run. Since appellant was a prisoner when he escaped, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191(b)(1) applies, Travis v. State, 364 So.2d 870, 871 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), and trial must commence within one year from the date of his recapture or within 180 days of his demand for speedy trial. Neither period had run at the time appellant entered his plea.
AFFIRMED.
FRANK D. UPCHURCH and SHARP, JJ., concur.