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State v. Nelson

Citations

  • 26 So. 3d 570
  • 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 34
  • 2010 Fla. LEXIS 39
  • 2010 WL 114547

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the speedy trial rule is not self-executing and requires a defendant to take affirmative action to avail him or herself of the remedies afforded under the rule by filing a “Notice of Expiration of Speedy Trial Time”
  • applying de novo review to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • “[T]he rules of Juvenile Procedure provide a right to a speedy trial with procedures analogous to the adult speedy trial rule . . . includ[ing] a recapture provision that mirrors its adult counterpart.”
  • “This waiver is construed as an ongoing waiver of speedy trial rights as to all charges which emanate from the same criminal episode, including any newly filed charges arising out of the incident.”
  • “[A] continuance that is chargeable to the defense and made after the expiration of the speedy trial period but before a defendant files a notice of expiration waives a defendant’s speedy trial rights . . . .”
  • “A nullity is defined as something that is legally void.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Quince, Lewis, Polston, Labarga, Perry, Canady, Pariente

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