No. 66587 | Fla. | Feb 13, 1986
This is a petition to review Bustos v. Fleet, 461 So. 2d 1039" date_filed="1985-01-16" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." case_name="Bustos v. Fleet">461 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), in which the district court granted respondent’s petition for writ of prohibition and certified the following question to be of great public importance:
Is the convenience to the state of trying co-defendants together a sufficient reason in and of itself to extend an objecting defendant’s speedy trial time and deny a motion to sever when a delay is necessary to accommodate a co-defendant?
We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We recently answered this question in the negative in Miner v. Westlake, 478 So. 2d 1066" date_filed="1985-11-25" court="Fla." case_name="Miner v. Westlake">478 So.2d 1066 (Fla.1985). On the authority of Miner we answer in the negative and approve the decision of the district court.
It is so ordered.