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https://www.flcourts.gov/content/download/862746/file/Speedy%20Trial%20-%20Handout.pdfhttps://casetext.com/rule/florida-court-rules/florida-rules-of-criminal-procedure/pretrial-motions-and-defenses/rule-3191-speedy-trial
(a) Speedy Trial without Demand. Except as otherwise provided by this rule, and subject to the limitations imposed under subdivisions (e) and (f), every person charged with a crime shall be brought to trial within 90 days of arrest if the crime charged is a misdemeanor, or within 175 days of arrest if the crime charged is a felony. If trial is not commenced within these time periods, the defendant shall be entitled to the appropriate remedy as set forth in subdivision (p). The time periods established by this subdivision shall commence when the person is taken into custody as defined under subdivision (d). A person charged with a crime is entitled to the benefits of this rule whether the person is in custody in a jail or correctional institution of this state or a political subdivision thereof or is at liberty on bail or recognizance or other pretrial release condition. This subdivision shall cease to apply whenever a person files a valid demand for speedy trial under subdivision (b).
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Its complicated, might need a criminal lawyer!
Edit: Mirrors Federal Act, either is good!
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3161

malaise
(280,632 posts)Get thee to the greatest page for,visibility
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Chief Inspector Jack Smith, well aware of Speedy Trial Law of Florida
brought first charges in Florida
another unrecognized brilliance.
Artificial Intelligence is a punk compared to some gifted human intelligence.
sl8
(16,284 posts)There is a Federal Speedy Trial Act, though.
niyad
(122,028 posts)sl8
(16,284 posts)It's interesting, but was there a particular case that prompted your post?
obamanut2012
(28,210 posts)Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #5)
sl8 This message was self-deleted by its author.
I thought that either someone of note was recently charged under Florida law and I missed hearing about it, or that the OP was thinking of the Trump case and conflating state/federal court systems.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)JT45242
(3,105 posts)Trump is charged on federal counts in Florida and state counts in NY.
So, as I understand the legal system (admittedly, not a lawyer)
1. In NY, only NY statutes and applicable federal precedents applied via the 14th Amendment thru case law apply.
2. In the federal trial in the Florida district, all the procedures, rules, and laws should be governed by appropriate federal statute and procedure since federal law supercedes state law.
Legal eagles, if this is not the case, please explain so a history major can understand.
JT
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Navigating the thickets from afar!
Angleae
(4,681 posts)They are subject only to federal laws.