Case Name: Andrew Lorenzo FLOYD, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-07-28
Citations: 708 So. 2d 598
Docket Number: No. 97-2100
Parties: Andrew Lorenzo FLOYD, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before GODERICH, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 708
Pages: 598–598

Head Matter:
Andrew Lorenzo FLOYD, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 97-2100.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 28, 1997.
Clark D. Mervis, Miami, for Petitioner.
Robert A Butterworth, Attorney General, and Erin E. Dardis, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.
Before GODERICH, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon the State's proper confession of error regarding the striking of the demand for speedy trial and the subsequent expiration of the speedy trial period below, we grant Andrew Lorenzo Floyd's petition for writ of prohibition, issue the writ, and order the trial court to discharge the defendant Floyd from the charges.
Prohibition granted; case remanded to discharge the defendant.