Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert N. BROWN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-02-17
Citations: 393 So. 2d 1195
Docket Number: No. 80-792
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert N. BROWN, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, C. J., and SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 393
Pages: 1195–1196

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert N. BROWN, Appellee.
No. 80-792.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 17, 1981.
Janet Reno, State’s Atty. and Diane Kuker and Milton Robbins, Asst. State’s Attys., and Bruce H. Lehr, Legal Intern, for appellant.
Vogler & Postman and Alan L. Postman, Miami, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, C. J., and SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
By this appeal, we are asked to review a trial court order dismissing an information in a criminal case based on a discovery violation committed by the state. § 924.-07(1), Fla.Stat. (1979). Although we share the trial court's frustration in attempting to get this case to trial in the face of innumerable delays seemingly occasioned by the state, we are nonetheless compelled to reverse because, in our view, the circumstances of this case did not call for the drastic remedy of dismissal. See Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.220(j). We discern on this record no willful, but only a negligent discovery violation by the state and no actual prejudice suffered by the defendant as a result of the violation. Although there were many trial delays in this case, all agree that these delays did not violate the defendant's speedy trial rights. Based on the established law of this state, we must reverse the order under review and remand for further proceedings. State v. King, 372 So.2d 1126 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979), cert. denied, 385 So.2d 758 (Fla.1980).
Reversed and remanded.